Impington Village College
 The school in 2006 | |
| Established | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Principal | Robert Campbell |
| Location |
New Road Impington Cambridgeshire CB4 9LX England Coordinates: 52°14′50″N 0°07′00″E / 52.2471°N 0.1166°E |
| DfE number | 873/4004 |
| DfE URN | 137826 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | www.impington.cambs.sch.uk |
Impington Village College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Impington in the English county of Cambridgeshire.[1]
The school opened in 1939, two weeks after the outbreak of World War II. It was the fourth Village College to be opened in Cambridgeshire. As a village college, it was originally intended to encompass all aspects of learning in the village, and included prominent space for adult education and 1st Histon Scouts.
Henry Morris, founder of the village college system, employed prominent architects to design the colleges, and Impington was designed by Walter Gropius, founder of The Bauhaus School of Architecture, and his partner Maxwell Fry. It is the only example of Gropius’s work in Britain[2] and the building is now Grade I listed building.
In 1998 the school was awarded the Sportsmark by Sport England and was also granted international school status by the British Council's central bureau for education visits and exchanges, the first of eleven schools to be designated that way. In September 1999 it built on this with a successful application to the Department of Education to become a specialist Language College.[3] The school converted to academy status in January 2013.
Impington Village College has an international sixth form, educating pupils from a mix of nations and cultures. The sixth form offers both A Levels as well as the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
References
- ↑ http://www.impington.cambs.sch.uk/
- ↑ 'Viewing Impington - the idea of the village college', the informal education homepage, Smith, M. K. (1997). Last update: 30 January 200
- ↑ Impington College brochure