Comberton Village College is an 11–18 mixed

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and

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with academy status in Toft,

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, Cambridge. It opened in 1960 as a village college.

History

The school was first opened in 1960 by Henry Morris, where it was opened to 330 children and 11 teaching staff. In 1974, the school became fully comprehensive and, in April 1993, it became grant-maintained. It changed to a Foundation School and has recently become a Foundation School with a Trust: the recently formed Comberton Educational Trust. The school was granted a presumption to open a new

due to its high-performing status. Capital funding from the Learning and Skills Council was secured to build the required new facilities for a sixth form. The sixth form department of the college opened in September 2011. The new sixth form building was opened by

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, permanent secretary for the

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on 14 June 2011. In February 2011, Comberton Village College became an

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, operated by The Cam Academy Trust. The trust also operates Cambourne Village College which opened in Cambourne in September 2013, and

Melbourn Village College 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 is p ...

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, St Peter's School, Hartford Infant and Junior Schools in

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, Gamlingay First School and Jeavons Wood Primary School in Cambourne. The

Gamlingay Village College Gamlingay Village College was a middle school with academy status located in Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire, England. It was the only middle school in Cambridgeshire. From 2012 to 2017 the school formed part of Stratton Education Trust which also i ...

joined the trust in September 2017. In January 2016 Comberton Village College were featured in the ITV news for providing teaching resources to Edlumino in order to support the education of refugees in France. The college has recently started having a ground source heat pump installed, as a ‘first’ in the UK.

Standards

The College retained "Outstanding" status from

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in February 2013. A recent "section 8" monitoring inspection confirmed the excellent standards at the College. In 2014, 77% of GCSE students achieved 5 A*-C grades (including English and Maths) and 66% of all A-level grades were A*-B.

References

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* {{authority control Academies in Cambridgeshire Secondary schools in Cambridgeshire Educational institutions established in 1960 1960 establishments in England Village College