Swavesey Village College
| Established | 1958 |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Principal | Andrew Daly |
| Location |
Gibraltar Lane Swavesey Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB24 4RS  England Coordinates: 52°17′42″N 0°00′20″W / 52.29491°N 0.00555°W |
| DfE URN | 110863 |
| Staff | 190+ |
| Students | 1200 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Houses |
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| Website | Swavesey Village College |
Swavesey Village College is a village college and academy school in the village of Swavesey in south Cambridgeshire. As of 2010 the school has around 1,200 students. The school was officially opened on 14 November 1958. As of 2013 the principal is Martin Bacon though the Acting Principal, Andy Daly, has stepped in because Martin has been unable to attend the school due to personal health issues.
The school is divided into five "houses", all named after influential people in history:
- Brunel - House colour is red
- Orwell - House colour is blue
- Newton - House colour is green
- Wilberforce - House colour is Purple
- Cavendish - House colour is debatable. Usually a paler purple or blue.
The school has an intake from many surrounding villages including Bar Hill, Over, Longstanton, Fenstanton, Fen Drayton, Hilton, Papworth Everard, Boxworth, Elsworth, Lolworth and Willingham.
On 11 June 2008, Swavesey Village College became a foundation school within the Swavesey Village College Educational Trust. On 1 April 2011, Swavesey Village College became an academy. The school also has specialisms in science and languages.
Swavesey Village College received a comment of "outstanding in every respect" from Ofsted. SVC achieved full marks in every category in the Ofsted report.
The school runs many after school extra curricular clubs, which vary in category greatly, from sports to maths, to journalism to chess.
The school is able to accept students with learning disabilities such as Autism.