Melbourn Village College
Encyclopedia
Melbourn Village College is an Academy, located in Melbourn
, Cambridgeshire
, England
that serves an extensive area of South Cambridgeshire
. The school has over 500 student
s aged 11-16.
is an institution specific to Cambridgeshire. It caters for the education of 11 to 16 year olds during the day, and provides educational and leisure facilities to adults out of school hours.
with Music
, Drama
and Dance
as its 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."
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 April 2006 Nicola Dunklin, a teaching assistant, set up the South Cambridgeshire branch of the charity, Friends of Chernobyl's Children
.
Melbourn
Melbourn is a large village in the far south west of Cambridgeshire, England. It is located next to the A10 just north of Royston. Melbourn has over 4,400 inhabitants...
, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
that serves an extensive area of South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire is a mostly rural local government district of Cambridgeshire, England. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Chesterton Rural District and South Cambridgeshire Rural District. It surrounds the city of Cambridge, which is administered separately from the district by...
. The school has over 500 student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
s aged 11-16.
Village College
A Village CollegeVillage College
The village college is an institution specific to Cambridgeshire, England . It caters for the education of 11 to 16 year olds during the day,...
is an institution specific to Cambridgeshire. It caters for the education of 11 to 16 year olds during the day, and provides educational and leisure facilities to adults out of school hours.
Academics
Since September 2002, Melbourn Village College has been a specialist Performing Arts CollegeArts College
Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...
with Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
and Dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
as its specialisms.
In its report on its 6 October 2005 inspection, Ofsted
Office for Standards in Education
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
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."
The following components were rated Outstanding:
- How well does the school work in partnership with others to promote learners' well-being
- How good is the overall personal development and well-being of the
learners
- How well are learners cared for, guided and supported
- How well equality of opportunity is promoted and discrimination tackled so that all learners achieve as well as they can
- How effectively and efficiently resources are deployed to achieve value for money
In 2006 59% of students obtained 5 or more A*-C GCSEs
General Certificate of Secondary Education
The General Certificate of Secondary Education is an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject, generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 14–16 in secondary education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is equivalent to a Level 2 and Level 1 in Key Skills...
including English and mathematics, rising to 63% if those two subjects are excluded.
Adult Education
Melbourn Village College offers a wide range of Community Education, with lots of classes in the Arts. Melbourn College is an Arts School which receives extra funding for the arts, textiles and drama etc. andFunding
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
Friends of Chernobyl's Children
Friends of Chernobyl's Children is a charity founded in 1995 that brings children, who are at risk, from Belarus to the United Kingdom for a month every year. The charity is named after the Chernobyl disaster of 1986...
.