Impington Village College

The Village College is an institution specific to Cambridgeshire, England. History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland 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, 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. Henry Morris (1889 &ndash 1962 is known primarily as the founder of Village Colleges He was the Chief Education Officer for Cambridgeshire for over thirty years See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary

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. The Education Act 1944 changed the education system for secondary Schools in England and Wales. A Secondary Modern School is a type of Secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s under the Tripartite System

Under Morris' influence, many of the colleges have had distinguished architects, notably the one at Impington designed by Walter Gropius and Maxwell Fry. Histon and Impington are villages in Cambridgeshire, England, They are situated just north of Cambridge with the main bulk of the settlements being Walter Adolph Georg Gropius ( May 18, 1883 &ndash July 5, 1969) was a German Architect and founder of Bauhaus Edwin Maxwell Fry, CBE RA FRIBA FRTPI usually known as Maxwell Fry (2 August 1899 &ndash 3 September 1987 was an English modernist Architect

There are Village Colleges throughout Cambridgeshire, including Bassingbourn, Bottisham, Burwell, Comberton, Cottenham, Gamlingay, Impington, Linton, Melbourn, Sawston, Soham, Swavesey and Witchford. Bottisham is a village and Civil parish in the East Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, about east of Cambridge Burwell is a large Village in Cambridgeshire with a population of 5833 (2001 Census Comberton is a village and Civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England. Cottenham is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. It is close to The Fens. Gamlingay Village College is a Middle school in Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire. Histon and Impington are villages in Cambridgeshire, England, They are situated just north of Cambridge with the main bulk of the settlements being Linton Village College is a comprehensive Community College with foundation and Business and Enterprise College status in Linton Melbourn Village College is a comprehensive Community school, located in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, England that serves an extensive Sawston Village College is a Village College in the village of Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England. Soham Village College is a state Secondary school with specialist Foundation Technology College and Language College status in Soham Swavesey is a small Village lying on the Greenwich Meridian in Cambridgeshire, England, with an approximate Population of 2480

Sawston Village College was the first Village College to open in 1930, followed by Bottisham Village College in 1937. Sawston Village College is a Village College in the village of Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England.

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. Middle school or Junior High School serves as a "bridge" between the Elementary School and the High School Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a County in England that forms part of the East of England region.

Burwell Village College is in fact a Primary School. See also Primary education A primary school (from French école primaire) is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory