Swavesey Village College
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| founder = Henry Morris
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Swavesey Village College is a village college and academy school in the village of Swavesey in south Cambridgeshire, England. In 2011, Swavesey Village College became an Academy and established the Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust.{{cite web |title=Welcome from the Headteacher |url=https://www.swaveseyvc.co.uk/welcome-from-the-principal/ |publisher=Swavesey Village College |access-date=October 19, 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Swavesey Village College |url=https://www.meridiantrust.co.uk/cmat-academies/swavesey-village-college/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Meridian Trust |language=en-GB}}
As of 2020, the school had 1,292 students.{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=P. |title=No formal designation inspection of Swavesey Village College |url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50149394 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Ofsted}} The school was officially opened on 14 November 1958.{{Cite web |title=Opening ceremony of Swavesey Village College.. Description |url=https://swavesey.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/opening-ceremony-of-swavesey-village-college |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Swavesey |language=en}}
Intake
The school has a major intake from the surrounding villages Bar Hill, Over, Papworth Everard, Longstanton and Fenstanton. A few other villages are Fen Drayton, Hilton, Boxworth, Elsworth, Lolworth and Willingham, however not as many students come from these schools.{{Cite web |title=Admissions |url=https://www.swaveseyvc.co.uk/admissions/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Swavesey Village College |language=en-GB}}
Academic Information
On 11 June 2008, Swavesey Village College became a foundation school within the Swavesey Village College Educational Trust.{{Cite web |title=Our Partnerships |url=https://www.swaveseyvc.co.uk/our-partnerships/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Swavesey Village College |language=en-GB}} On 1 April 2011, Swavesey Village College became an academy.{{Cite web |last=Norris |first=F. |date= |title=Academy conversion and predecessor schools |url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/1904897 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Ofsted}} The school also has specialisms in science and languages.
Swavesey Village College received a comment of 'outstanding in every respect' from the Ofsted inspectors.{{Cite web |title=Swavesey Village College, Cambridge |url=https://www.theschoolsguide.com/schools/secondary/swavesey-village-college-136580/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=www.theschoolsguide.com}} The school achieved full marks in every category in the Ofsted report.
In 2021, Swavesey Village College was awarded world-class school status, joining a network of just 120 schools in the UK. The quality mark, which is awarded by education charity, world-class schools quality mark (WCSQM), uses an assessment framework to evaluate students on their demonstration and application of world-class skills and competencies. Swavesey Village College was one of just 13 secondary schools and eight primary schools to be awarded the quality mark in 2021.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-07 |title=Swavesey Village College awarded ‘world-class school’ status |url=https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/swavesey-village-college-awarded-world-class-school-status/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=InYourArea.co.uk}}Meridian Trust (2022). World Class School | Swavesey Village College. [online] http://www.youtube.com. Available at: https://youtube/4irhjyJOJX0?feature=shared [Accessed 26 Oct. 2023].
The school runs many after school extra curricular clubs, which vary in category greatly, from sports to maths to journalism and to chess.{{Cite web |title=Clubs & Trips |url=https://www.swaveseyvc.co.uk/clubs-and-trips/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Swavesey Village College |language=en-GB}}
The school is able to accept students with learning disabilities including autism.{{Cite web |title=Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) |url=https://www.swaveseyvc.co.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-send/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Swavesey Village College}}
House system
The school is divided into six houses.{{Cite web |title=Our House System |url=https://www.swaveseyvc.co.uk/our-house-system/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Swavesey Village College |language=en-GB}} Students are normally assigned to houses at random on enrolment, however, siblings are often assigned to the same houses as they will most likely not be in the same form.
The houses occupy different blocks of the school correlating to which subject the person the house is named after was prominent in. For example, Orwell house, named after George Orwell, is in the English block of the school as well as the languages block.
Each house is named after an influential person in history, and this generally reflects the subjects administered by that house. While each house has its own colour, this is not reflected in school or sports uniforms and is only usually seen on a house's noticeboard as to distinguish it from those of other houses.
An inter-house competition known as the 'Swavesey Superleague runs each year, with houses gaining points for being successful in various competitions throughout the year. The pupils of the winning house usually receive some sort of reward or prize at the end of the school year.
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| Brunel | {{colour box|Red}} Red | Culinary Science, Design & Technology, ICT | Named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
| Cavendish | {{colour box|Turquoise| |
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| Newton || {{colour box|Green}} Green || Mathematics || Named after Isaac Newton
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| Orwell || {{colour box|Blue}} Blue || English (Literature and Language), Languages || Named after George Orwell
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| Pendleton || {{colour box|Orange}} Orange || Drama, Music, Sport || Named after Victoria Pendleton
New house as of September 2014
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| Wilberforce || {{colour box|Purple}} Purple || The Humanities (Ethics, Geography, History) || Named after William Wilberforce
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Classrooms are named after houses. They contain the first letter of the house and then a number, with the exception of 'A' rooms for Achievement Support, which do not have usual lessons. If a teacher has a form, they will often teach in their form room, but sometimes teaches in another teacher's. The science, computing and engineering classes are very different to others. The two Sports classrooms (though some groups are taught outside) are big halls.
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External links
- [http://www.swaveseyvc.co.uk/ Official website]
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