Witchford Village College

Infobox UK school
name = Witchford Village College

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head = Mr David Taylorcite news|url=http://www.witchfordvillagecollege.co.uk/Files/Prospectus/WVC16559_Prospectus07.pdf|title=Witchford Village College Prospectus 2007/2008|pages=p. 2|publisher=Witchford Village College|accessdate=2008-03-19]

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street = Manor Road
city = Witchford
county = Cambridgeshire
country = England
postcode = CB6 2JA
LEA = Cambridgeshire
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staff = 50
enrollment = 873 as of May 2008cite news|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=110871|title=Ofsted Webpage On Witchford Village College |accessdate=2008-05-13]
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
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Witchford Village College (sometimes abbreviated to W.V.C.) is a secondary school in the village of Witchford. Currently, over 850 students, aged 11 to 16, and approximately 50 teachers. The current head teacher is David Taylor, who took over from John Shield.

About the college

Witchford Village College is described as an 'innovative' Fact|date=January 2008 school, due to the former head teacher introducing new ideas to the school. These include:
*A house system - Students are placed in one of four houses in which competitive activities can take place between houses.
*The three lesson day - An idea in which less lesson time is lost in transition between lessons, and that students only pack three lessons worth of equipment. This has since been reverted to the traditional six lessons per day as of September 2007.
*A vertical form group system - students are placed in forms which have a selection of students from each year group to encourage a wider mix of students, with the exception of Year 11's, who are placed in separate horizontal form groups and are removed from the house system.

Catchment Area

Witchford College serves students living in the following settlements:
*Witchford
*Sutton
*Haddenham
*Wilburton
*Stretham
*Little Thetford
*Mepal
*Witcham
*Coveney
*Wardy Hill

Though many students that attend live in these areas, the College attracts students in places further afield such as:

*Ely
*Littleport
*Little Downham
*Soham
*Prickwillow
*Springfield

Student's facilities

The college offers many facilities for students not only for learning, but for help with certain personal issues, such as bullying.

Out of school hours learning (OSHL)

Students have access to after-school clubs every night of the week but on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the college provides a late bus for the students to travel home on after the normal school buses have departed. Many of these clubs are sports clubs, for students to represent the school in sports such as football, rugby union, and netball. Revision sessions for various subjects take place as well.

Student support services (S3)

S3 is a room which students can talk to friendly adults and school prefects about problems, be it in college or outside, and they can be sorted out.If the students are being bullied or need advice but do not want to talk to an adult about it, they are free to talk to a student in year 11 from the 'Here to Hear' group.

The green box

The Green Box is a small building near to the school which is designed for children with Special Educational Needs who can go through normal school work but not in mainstream education.

Adult education

The college offers adult education classes for adults to learn a variety of subjects, including GCSEs, A-Levels and certain diplomas, such as City and Guilds courses, and NVQs. These classes take place weekday evenings and weekends

Partner schools

Witchford Village College has two partner schools, with which student exchange trips can take place. The schools are as follows:

*flag|Germany Hanna Arendt Gymnasium, near Hiedelberg.
*flag|Netherlands Anna van Rijn School.

References

External links

* [http://www.witchfordvillagecollege.co.uk Official W.V.C. website]
* [http://www.witchfordcollege.co.uk Community Education at W.V.C]