Witchford Village College
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| Type | Village College, Academy |
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| Principal | Chris Terry |
| Location |
Manor Road Witchford Cambridgeshire CB6 2JA England 52°23′27″N 0°12′43″E / 52.39077°N 0.21206°ECoordinates: 52°23′27″N 0°12′43″E / 52.39077°N 0.21206°E |
| Local authority | Cambridgeshire |
| DfE URN | 110871 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | approx 50 |
| Students | 823 as of May 2016 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Houses | Wembley, Twickenham, Lords, Wimbledon |
| Colours | White and Navy Blue/Purple |
| Website | www.witchfordvc.co.uk |
Witchford Village College (sometimes abbreviated to W.V.C.) is a secondary school in the village of Witchford. Currently, around 737 students, aged 11 to 16, and approximately 30 teachers. The new Principal is Chris Terry.
Witchford Village College is situated on the edge of the village of Witchford, close to the city of Ely.
The College is set in extensive grounds. The site provides facilities for a wide range of activity and as the school has a specialism in sport, many of them are sporting.Incorrect 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.
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 as we approached the millennium.
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.
In 2011, the school became an academy.
Plans for Summer 2014 include the refurbishment of the Food Technology classrooms and brand new tennis courts.
Witchford College serves students living predominantly in East Cambridgeshire. The catchment area of the school includes:
In February 2015 Ofsted rated the college as 'Requires Improvement' in all categories; achievement of pupils, quality of teaching, behaviour and safety of pupils, leadership and management. This was a reduction in the college's performance from the previous assessment of 2012 which had rated the college as 'Good' in all categories. Current Ofsted report available at http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/2458185/urn/137457.pdf. The college's results for the proportion of students achieving five GCSEs grade A* to C including English and mathematics (a key government target had also fallen to 37% in 2014, significantly below the national average. This placed the school in the bottom 20% of a comparison with similar schools (see Ofsted School Data Dashboard available at http://dashboard.ofsted.gov.uk/dash.php?urn=137547).
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