Village College 520223 206337673 2008-04-17T21:24:41Z Snigbrook 4995598 disambiguate [[Burwell] -> [[Burwell, Cambridgeshire]] [[Image:Maxwell Fry Gropius Impington Village College front 2006.jpg|thumb|Impington Village 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, and provides educational and leisure facilities to adults out of school hours. Village Colleges were the brainchild of [[Henry Morris (education)|Henry Morris]], the then Chief Education Officer for Cambridgeshire, who had a vision of a school that would serve the whole community, stem migration from the countryside to the towns, and provide a decent education to pupils who had previously only been served by the upper years of [[Elementary schools]]. Between the implementation of the [[Education Act 1944]] and Cambridgeshire's adoption of the Comprehensive system in 1974, Village Colleges were effectively reduced to [[Secondary Modern]] schools; since 1974 Village Colleges have returned to their original mission as schools for the whole community. Under Morris' influence, many of the colleges have had distinguished architects, notably the one at [[Impington Village College|Impington]] designed by [[Walter Gropius]] and [[Maxwell Fry]]. There are Village Colleges throughout Cambridgeshire, including [[Bassingbourn]], [[Bottisham]], [[Burwell, Cambridgeshire|Burwell]], [[Comberton]], [[Cottenham]], [[Gamlingay Village College|Gamlingay]], [[Impington]], [[Linton Village College|Linton]], [[Melbourn Village College|Melbourn]], [[Sawston Village College|Sawston]], [[Soham Village College|Soham]], [[Swavesey]] and [[Witchford]]. [[Sawston Village College]] was the first Village College to open in 1930, followed by [[Bottisham Village College]] in 1937. Gamlingay Village College does not cater for the 11-16 age range, instead it is a [[middle school]] catering for the education of students aged 9-13, students then transfer to Stratton Upper School in [[Bedfordshire]] at the age of 13. Burwell Village College is in fact a [[Primary School]]. [[Category:Schools in Cambridgeshire]] [[Category:Modernist architecture]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1930]] [[Category:School types]]