High Praise for MVC
6th March 2017
Melbourn Village College has received a glowing report after a visit from a major national educational organisation.
A former headteacher visited Melbourn as part of their membership of the Leading Edge Programme, overseen nationally by the The Schools, Students and Teachers Network (SSAT).
The report on Melbourn starts by stating: “The school has a very positive ethos and everywhere we went we saw students enjoying, and engaged in, their learning.
“There is a noticeable focus on each individual student which means the whole school comes over as very personal and supportive.”
Membership of the Leading Edge Programme is for high-performing secondary schools nationally assessed by a mixture of strong Ofsted judgements and high pupil performance data) and Melbourn meets the criteria, as do Comberon and Cambourne village colleges, the other two South Cambridgeshire secondary schools overseen by The Cam Academy Trust (CAT). They were also visited this term.
The three CAT secondary schools are among around 250 members whose programme is centred on sharing ideas and practice of successful schools to push themselves to do better still and to find out what others are up to.
Throughout all three reports, there are observations about how being part of the Trust is benefitting each of the schools.
Stephen Munday, The Cam Academy Trust’s Chief Executive, said: “The positive points noted include the Trust’s review programme and how this brings together senior leaders from the different schools to review each other’s practice. It notes joint staff training opportunities of various sorts and opportunities for staff to be involved in research, reflecting on their practice, through the Trust.
“The clear commitment to share ideas and practice, very much the philosophy of the Leading Edge Programme itself, is clearly observed.
“We hope to continue to use the Leading Edge Programme as one mechanism to improve further the education we offer to all young people in all of our schools.”
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