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GCSE Results Day 2024

It was wonderful to welcome back our 2024 Year 11 leavers collecting their GCSE exam results. There were […]

Earth & Water – Exhibition

We are delighted to present ‘Earth & Water’, our forthcoming exhibition of Adult Learners’ work in Ceramics and […]

Silver Arts Award

Year 8 pupil Ellie Lovewell is currently completing her Silver Arts Award. Part of the work for this […]

Sawston Fun Run & Walk

Sawston Village College is delighted to host the Sawston Fun Run & Walk, which is organised by the […]

Singing at Selwyn College

On 29 February, Year 10 and 11 choir members from Sawston Village College were invited by Sarah MacDonald […]

U16 Mixed Netball

Well… yet another amazing set of results for both our U16 Netball teams against Linton Village College! Firstly, […]

Year 8 Boys Football

Well done to our Year 8 boys who have won their first fixture in the district cup against […]

Year 11 Boys Football

Congratulations to our Year 11 boys who have won their first fixture in the district cup against Northstowe […]

Creative Flair in DT

Year 10 Design and Technology classes have completed a project centred around designing a product for a client, […]

U16 Netball

Congratulations to both our U16 teams who played last Wednesday, 7 February 2024, against Netherhall. Both teams dominated […]

Year 10 Boys Football

Congratulations to our Year 10 boys, who won their first district cup match against Netherhall School on Wednesday, […]

Year 7 Girls Football

Well done to our Year 7 girls who played in their first fixture against Soham Village College on […]

Year 9 Netball

Our Year 9s had their first netball fixture of the season on 31 January 2024. After a challenging […]

U16 Netball

A massive well done to our U16 A & B netball teams who both won their debut netball […]

Holocaust Memorial Day

We were delighted to have former pupil Professor Tom Lawson join us today as part of our activities […]

Regeneration at Sawston Village College

Bowmer + Kirkland has been selected by the Department for Education (DfE) as the main contractor on plans […]

Planning for our Future

At Sawston Village College we are making plans for our future. Our College boasts a heritage setting and […]

Carol Service at Gt St Mary’s

Well done to all the pupils who performed at Gt St Mary’s Church for our Christmas Carol Service. […]

Year 7 Netball Fixture against Bottisham VC

Our Year 7 girls netball team had their first fixture for Sawston on a freezing Wednesday afternoon at […]

Year 8 Netball Fixture against Bottisham VC

Our Year 8s had their first Netball fixture of the season. After some incredible accuracy under the posts […]

Arts Council England visit

Senior members of Arts Council England visited Sawston Village College as part of Anglian Learning’s unique Memorandum of Understanding with […]

Y8 Boys Football ESFA

Y8 Boys Football ESFA 30/11/2023 – 4-1 Win Against Arthur Mellows Village College A victory for our Year […]

Outstanding teaching in Music

The Music department has been awarded the PTI Mark for 2022/2023 – recognition for their success as part […]

Three Gold Arts Awards

A record-breaking three pupils from the school have been awarded Gold Arts Award Certification from Trinity College London. […]

Football Success

Our Year 8 boys have progressed into the next round of the ESFA National Cup. Plenty of star […]

KS4 mixed hockey fixture

Well done to all who took part in the KS4 mixed hockey fixture last week, which resulted in […]

Year 8 Rugby Success

A superb result by our Year 8 boys rugby squad who went on to beat St Bedes 11-4 […]

Open Evening 2023

Watch our 2023 Open Evening film below to find out why Sawston Village College is a special place. […]

First Food Practical for Year 7s

Our Year 7 pupils enjoyed their first Food practical, making tasty fruit salad and learning safe chopping techniques. […]

Our phone lines are now working

We are delighted to let everyone know that our phone services are now working again.

Drama Workshop

Year 10 GCSE Drama pupils enjoyed working on a production of Kafka’s Metamorphosis today with Kat Mary Productions. […]

Phone lines currently down

Our phone lines are currently down, and so we are unable to receive or make calls. If you […]

Anglian Learning Chess Academy

Anglian Learning Chess Academy is a joint initiative between Anglian Learning and Linton Chess Club. The Chess Academy […]

Open Evening

Our Open Evening will take place on Thursday, 5 October. To join us for this, please book here: […]

Freshers’ Fair 2023

We enjoyed a busy Freshers’ Fair today, with lots of pupils signing up for clubs. The full programme […]

Results Day 2023

We had lots of happy pupils in school this morning collecting their results. Well done to everyone! We […]

Fragments

Towards the end of the summer term, Sawston Village College was delighted to receive funding from the Arts […]

AMSP Maths Feast

Sawston Village College sent two teams of brilliant mathematicians to the AMSP Maths Feast hosted by Linton Village […]

Exams! Managing emotions at times of stress

Exam season has begun! Are you a parent or teacher who would like to know how to help […]

‘ICE Blast’ Cheerleading Competition

On Saturday 13th May, the level 1 and level 2 Cheerleading squads made their debut performance of the […]

Sawston Fun Run

Well done to all the pupils, staff and members of the community who took part in this year’s […]

PE Clubs

Click on the timetable below to see the PE Clubs running this summer term.

Year 10 Netball Tournament

On Tuesday, we took two teams to the Year 10 District Netball Tournament and battled through all four […]

7-a-side football

A fantastic set of results on Wednesday this week saw plenty of goals from both the boys and […]

BOOK WEEK 2023

Thursday, 2 March was World Book Day, and we made the most of the event by extending it […]

GCSE Science Live!

At the end of January Science pupils had a wonderful time at the Cambridge Corn Exchange at the […]

Holocaust Memorial Day

We marked Holocaust Memorial Day in mentor time this morning (27 January 2023) with a presentation featuring a […]

U16 Mixed Netball Fixture

A massive well done to our Year 10 & 11 Netball team who won both their debut netball […]

Regional Cross-Country Results

Congratulations to the four Sawston pupils who attended the next stage of the Inter Schools School Cross-Country Competition […]

Food Café at SVC

Recently our pupils visited our Food Café and had a great time. Our Food Ambassadors did an excellent […]

Year 7 Girls Rugby Success

Our Year 7 girls had a fantastic time at their recent Rugby Festival, which was hosted by Shelford […]

Cambridgeshire Inter Schools Cross Country Competition

A fantastic result from all of those involved in the Cambridgeshire Inter Schools Cross Country Competition on Tuesday […]

Hockey Tournament Report

Match report from tournament against St Bede’s, St Mary’s and Soham Village College on 29 November 2022 A […]

Children in Need

A huge well done to all the pupils and staff who were busily engaged in planning, delivering and […]

Cambs Youth COP27

Our delegation of 12 pupils participated in the Cambridgeshire Youth COP27, which we hosted and organised, and were […]

Girls Under 14 ESFA Fixture (Round 4)

A fantastic result from the U14 girls, who won their fixture against Crowell Community College in Chatteris. A […]

Remembrance Day 2022

Leading up to Remembrance Day, each year group had a dedicated Remembrance Assembly in mentor time led by […]

2022 Geography Bake Off Winners

The 2022 Geography Bake Off winners were announced on Friday, 4 November in the Food department. The cakes […]

Preparing for the Bake off

This week pupils came to the Food department for help sessions in preparation for the Geography Bake Off. […]

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

This has been a busy, but highly rewarding and successful half term for our Bronze DofE Award participants. […]

Visit from Theatre Centre

The Drama department recently enjoyed a visit from Theatre Centre with their new play, ‘Human Nurture‘, about two […]

Year 7 Boys Rugby Fixture Report

12/10/2022: The boys’ first fixture against Bottisham was a great success, with a score of 35-15 taking them […]

U14 Girls Fixture Report

11 October 2022: A fantastic win from our girls against St Ivo School, which gets them into the […]

First food practical for Year 7s

Our Year 7 pupils thoroughly enjoyed making fruit salad as their very first food practical at Sawston Village […]

PE Fixtures – U16s Rugby

21/09/22: The U16 girls made a very positive start to their season in a home 7s fixture v […]

PE Fixtures – U16s Hockey

21/09/22: Sawston Village College played a brilliantly fast-paced game of hockey against St Bede’s on Wednesday afternoon. Sawston […]

U14 Girls English Schools Cup – First Leg Success

Last week, Sawston played their first leg of the U14 Girls English Schools Cup, earning a fantastic result […]

Freshers’ Fair – Extended Schools

Well done to all the pupils who supported our Freshers’ Fair today by promoting clubs and activities. It […]

School Closure: 19 September 2022

Following the announcement from Buckingham Palace of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, a period of […]

House Prize Giving Evenings

We’ve enjoyed two House Prize Giving Evenings this week. We send our congratulations to everyone who was given […]

End of Summer Term

Please note that the final day of the Summer Term is Thursday, 21 July, and school will close […]

Cheerleading Competition

‘Schools Out’ Cheerleading Competition On Friday 1st July, the level 1 and level 2 Cheerleading squads made their […]

Year 7 and 9 Athletics Tournament

On Wednesday afternoon, our Year 7s and Year 9s took part in an athletics tournament held at St […]

Sports Leaders’ Event at Shelford Primary School

Congratulations to all of the Year 9 Sports Leaders who attended their multi sports activity session at Shelford […]

Sports Leaders Event at Bellbird Primary School

Congratulations to all of the Year 9 Sports Leaders who attended their multi sports activity session at Bellbird […]

Library Website

We are delighted to launch our dedicated library website, which is accessible here. You can browse the website […]

National Theatre Connections Festival

On Monday, 25 April 20 spectacular SVC pupils participated in the National Theatre’s Connections Festival at The Garage […]

Art Bytes

We are currently taking part in Art Bytes, an inter-school art competition with a virtual gallery. Three works have […]

Sawston Fun Run

We’re delighted that the Sawston Fun Run is back this year and we are very much looking forward […]

Year 8 Girls Basketball Fixture

Year 8 Girls Basketball Fixture: 30 March 2022 Our Year 8 girls took on St Bede’s in another […]

World Record Contributors in Art

Way back in the uncertain and disrupted days of early 2021, a competition run by the Post Office landed in my […]

Basketball Fixtures

Basketball Fixtures: Week beg 21 March 2022 Year 8 Girls Basketball v Chesterton Congratulations to our Year 8 […]

Arts Ambassadors undertake Print Project

We have been working with Anna McMahon, Library Development Officer, to look at potential projects to create artwork […]

Science Week

We’ve enjoyed a wonderful Science Week. Thank you to the Science department for the daily quizzes and activities […]

Year 10 Boys Football

Football Fixtures: Wednesday, 16 March 2022 Year 10 Boys Football: Bottisham 3 v 3 Sawston On a torrentially rainy […]

Year 8/9 Girls Football

Football Fixtures: Wednesday, 16 March 2022 Year 8/9 Girls Football: Sawston 6 – 2 Swavesey The Year 8 and […]

Year 8 Boys Football

Sports Fixtures: Wednesday, 9th March 2022 Year 8 Boys Football: Linton Village College 4 – 4 Sawston Village […]

Year 10 Girls Basketball

Sports Fixtures 7-11 February 2022 Year 10 Girls Basketball vs St Bede’s: SECOND PLACE Our Year 10 girls […]

Year 8 Girls Basketball

Sports Fixtures 7-11 Feb 2022 Year 8 Girls Basketball v St Bede’s: SECOND PLACE The Year 8 girls […]

Year 10 Boys Football

Sports Fixtures 7-11 February 2022 Boys Football: Sawston 3 v 2 St Bede’s Congratulations to our Year 10 […]

Science in Sierra Leone

The Science Department recently donated equipment to the Kate McGrath School for Girls in Sierra Leone via the […]

Year 8s make pizza!

Year 8 food pupils proudly produced fantastic pizza! They look delicious!

Boys Basketball

Year 7/8 Boys Basketball: Sawston Village College v St Bede’s On Tuesday, 1 February, our Year 7/8 boys […]

Year 10 Boys Football

Sawston Village College 2 v 1 Linton Village College Congratulations to our Year 10 boys who won their […]

Years 8-10 Girls Basketball

On Thursday, 3 February the girls played a basketball tournament at Chesterton Community College. This was the first […]

Sawston Pledges launched

Our Sawston Pledges were launched this week with a film. See below:

Why the arts are important….

Our Year 8 Arts Ambassadors recently made a film about why they think the arts are important. Find […]

Boys Basketball v St Bede’s

Year 7/8 Boys: Sawston 17 v 32 St Bede’s On Wednesday afternoon, our Year 7 and 8 boys […]

Visit from Maud Blair

We were very lucky to have Maud Blair come into Sawston Village College recently to speak to both […]

New House Ambassadors

Congratulations to the Year 9 pupils who were recently appointed as House Ambassadors. They followed a highly competitive […]

Success in UKMT Senior Maths Challenge

Well done to the pupils who participated in the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge recently. Some pupils did extremely […]

Henry Morris Memorial Trust Awards

The Henry Morris Memorial Trust awards are now open for applications. Open to young people aged 13-19 in […]

Children in Need

Due to a Staff Training day last week, our fundraising for Children in Need was delayed until today […]

Anti-Bullying Week

This week is Anti-Bullying Week, and we began the week by wearing odd socks to show our support […]

Remembrance Day 2021

We marked Remembrance Day by laying wreaths at our WWI and WWII memorials.

Geography Bake-Off

The Food department was delighted by the number of entries to the Geography Bake Off competition in which […]

Active Week underway!

Today, Tuesday, 21 September, saw the start of our ‘Active Week’ at Sawston Village College so everyone is […]

New Mural

We’re delighted to have a new mural in school. The mural was designed and painted by former pupil […]

Freshers’ Fair

We’re delighted that clubs are back! Pupils enjoyed a range of stalls showing the wealth of opportunities available […]

New Art Work

Well done to the Summer School pupils who created the new art work which has now been hung […]