Witchford Village College

Witchford Village College
Address
Manor Road Witchford , Cambridgeshire , CB6 2JA England
Coordinates	52°23′27″N 0°12′43″E / 52.39077°N 0.21206°E / 52.39077; 0.21206
Information
Type	Academy
Local authority	Cambridgeshire
Department for Education URN	137547 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair	Sandra Thompson [2]
Principal	Rolf Purvis[1]
Staff	30 (Estimate)
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	824 (as of 2016)[3]
Houses	Lancaster, Sterling, Wellington, Meteor
Colour(s)	White, black, red, blue.
Website	http://www.witchfordvc.co.uk/

Witchford Village College (sometimes abbreviated to W.V.C.) is a secondary school in the village of Witchford, near Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Before becoming an academy the school was a specialist Sports College. With approximately 820 pupils on roll, the college has fewer pupils than the national average (~950).^[3][4]

About the college[edit]

Witchford Village College is situated on the edge of the village of Witchford, close to the city of Ely.

The College site provides facilities for a wide range of activity and as the school has a specialism in sport, many of them are sporting. There are teaching rooms, a large Library/Resource Centre, an Assembly Hall with Dining annex, six Science Laboratories, a Sports Halls and Gymnasium and specialist rooms for Drama, Music, Home Economics and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In quite recent years over £3 million has been spent on building extensions at the College because of growth in student numbers. New areas include a Design and Technology area, Art and Design rooms, a Ceramics studio, a display exhibition gallery and new ICT suites.^{[citation needed]}

Continued growth in demand for student places at the College has meant that an additional English teaching block containing six classrooms, new Special Needs Accommodation, an additional Laboratory and a new Art and Design room were opened.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2004 a fitness studio was opened. A major development in September 2006 was the complete upgrading of four ICT suites and the installation of Interactive Whiteboards in over 25 classrooms.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011, the school became an academy.

Plans for Summer 2014 included the refurbishment of the Food Technology classrooms and new tennis courts.

Catchment area[edit]

Witchford College serves students living predominantly in East Cambridgeshire. The catchment area of the school includes:^[5]

• Aldreth
• Coveney
• Haddenham
• Little Thetford
• Mepal
• Sutton
• Stretham
• Wardy Hill
• Wilburton
• Witcham
• Witchford

Ofsted[edit]

An October 2016 Ofsted inspection rated the school overall as 'Good'. According to the report: 'In 2015, the college met the government’s floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils’ attainment and progress at GCSE.^[3]

Partner schools[edit]

Witchford Village College has one partner school, with which student exchange trips can take place. The school is as follows:

•  Netherlands Anna van Rijn School.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official W.V.C. website
• Community Education at W.V.C
• [1]