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 part of the Comberton Academy Trust as of September 1, 2013. The Comberton Academy Trust now comprises Comberton Village College, Comberton Sixth Form, Cambourne Village College, Melbourn Village College and The Voyager.

History

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 21 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.
In the most recent full Ofsted inspection in 2013, Melbourn Village College maintained their Good rating.

Curriculum

The following subjects are offered/taught: English, Maths, Science, Geography, History, Religious Education, Food Technology, Wood Technology, Art, Physical Education, German, French, Mandarin, Spanish, Music, Dance, Drama, ICT, and extra Literacy for people who don't do German.

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.

Notable former pupils