DfE URN 137527 Tables Students 500+ Total enrollment 539 (2009) Gender Mixed-sex education | Principal Mr Simon Holmes Ofsted Reports Phone +44 1763 223400 Motto Inspiring Minds | |
Location The MoorMelbournCambridgeshireSG8 6EFEngland Similar Comberton Village College, Bassingb Village College, Sawston Village College, Meridian School, Melbourn Primary School Profiles | ||
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Melbourn Village College is a secondary school with academy status, located in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, England that serves an extensive area of South Cambridgeshire. The school has over 500 students aged 11–16. Melbourn Village College became part of the Comberton Academy Trust as of September 1st 2013. The Comberton Academy Trust now comprises Comberton Village College, Comberton Sixth Form, Cambourne Village College, Melbourn Village College and The Voyager.
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Academics
Since September 2002, Melbourn Village College has specialised in Performing Arts with Music, Drama and Dance as its subject specialisms.
In its report on its 6 October 2005 inspection, Ofsted rated the school Good, point two on a four-point scale saying "Melbourn Village College is a good school with some outstanding features. The college is well viewed by its students and their parents, and with just cause." On 21st of June 2007.
The following components were rated Outstanding:
learners
In 2006 59% of students obtained 5 or more A*-C GCSEs including English and mathematics, rising to 63% if those two subjects are excluded.
Funding
In January 2000 the Secondary Heads Association used this school as an example of the disparity of funding between local authorities. If the school had been in Hertfordshire, two miles away, it would have received £359,000 more for its students. By November 2005 the school was £148,814 in debt.
Notable staff
In 1998 Judith Mullen, then warden of the College, was appointed president of the Secondary Heads Association.
In April 2006 Nicola Dunklin, a teaching assistant, set up the South Cambridgeshire branch of the charity, Friends of Chernobyl's Children.