Chief Executive’s

Welcome

Welcome to the Comberton Academy Trust and to our

Academies. We are delighted that you are interested in us and

the high-quality education that our Academies seek to provide.

It is my privilege to oversee the work of our Academies and to

report to our Trustees regarding this. Each Academy has its own

Principal or Head(s) of School who report to me and work to ensure

the best possible education in their own Academy. They work with

their own team of high-quality staff and staff across our Academies

also work with each other to seek to ensure that all of our pupils

are very well educated and achieve high standards. Each Academy’s

individual prospectus will give details of this.

Our over-arching purpose is simple: we want to secure educational

excellence for all, with our Academies working at the heart of and

serving their local communities.

Stephen Munday CBE, Chief Executive of Comberton

Academy Trust and Executive Principal of Comberton and

Cambourne Village Colleges

‘Every single pupil is supported to achieve his or her very best and to be well prepared for the future.’

The Comberton Academy TrustThe Comberton Academy Trust was established at the beginning of 2011.

In the first instance, it oversaw Comberton Village College’s

conversion to Academy status in February 2011.

However, its remit soon developed as it sponsored The Voyager

Academy in Peterborough in September 2011 and oversaw a

proposal to establish a new Free School, the Academy of Cambourne

Village College, in September 2013. Melbourn Village College in

Cambridgeshire also joined the Trust in September 2013.

The role of the Trust now is to ensure excellence for all in the

Academies within the Trust and to ensure that all local communities

are very well served by the Comberton Academy Trust Academies.

The Chair and the Board of Trustees take a strategic oversight of

this and work with the Local Governing Bodies of the Academies to

provide strong governance. Each Academy has a Principal or Head of

School who report to the Chief Executive and Executive Principal.

‘Excellence for all is our mission. We want to serve our local communities and help them to thrive.’

The Five Core Principles

At the heart of our work lie the five core principles of the Comberton Academy Trust. These drive everything that we do:

• The excellence principle. Education must be of the very

highest standard.

• The comprehensive principle. Excellence must be for all.

• The Henry Morris principle. Every Academy must be at the

heart of its local community and serve it well.

• The partnership principle. Each Academy must seek to

work positively in partnership with others for mutual benefit.

• The international principle. The curriculum inside and outside

the classroom must have a clear international dimension.

‘It is clear that pupils enjoy school and enjoy learning in lessons. They relish the challenges presented by

teachers in the work they set.’

Aims and Values

All of our Academies’ pupils will be helped to become:

• Capable. Through skills developed, attributes nurtured and

qualifications gained, our pupils will be able to take a full,

positive role in society.

• Confident. Having had their abilities confirmed and seen them

flourish, our pupils are confident to be able to make the most of

their talents and contribute to their communities.

• Caring. An emphasis on working with each other and

recognising the position of other people throughout the world

helps our pupils to develop a proper caring attitude.

The fundamental principles of the Trust guide the aims and values of all of its Academies. We want to ensure that every individual pupil achieves his or her full, positive potential through a broad and high-quality education.

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‘Excellent teaching is a hallmark of our Academies. Top-quality staff work in partnership with each other to share ideas and

develop their professional practice. This helps to ensure that teaching is as good as it can be and all our pupils learn powerfully.’

Working Together for Excellence

Central to the operation of Comberton Academy Trust is the way that our Academies work together to ensure:

• The very highest quality of staff. Effective recruitment of

very able professionals coupled with powerful

professional development are key to our approach

in ensuring the very best staff oversee the education of all

pupils in our Academies.

• The highest possible quality of education through the

sharing of ideas, resources and successful ways of working.

• The best and broadest possible range of educational

opportunities for all of our pupils. This is secured through

sharing curriculum, mutual extra-curricular activities and joint

trips and visits.

‘This joint working helps us to ensure that all of our Academies can provide the highest quality of education for their pupils and serve

their local communities. It also helps to allow each Academy always to develop its practice and improve further what it does.’

Comberton Academy TrustWest Street, Comberton, Cambridge CB23 7DU

T 01223 262503F 01223 264116E thecollege@comberton.cambs.sch.uk

www.combertonvc.orgwww.cambournevc.orgwww.combertonsixthform.orgwww.thevoyager.co.ukwww.mvc.org.uk

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