Soham Village College has achieved ‘excellence with care’ following a recent interim inspection by Ofsted. 

Inspectors visited the school on March 22 and 23 and found evidence of improvement to show that the school could be judged as outstanding if it had a graded inspection. 

In the report, the inspectors commended the school for achieving ‘excellence with care’, commenting that ‘leaders and staff are ambitious for all pupils to succeed’. 

Teachers were praised for understanding the needs of their students, as well as their approach to teaching, which helps pupils ‘to make rapid progress across the curriculum’. 

The inspection recognised not only the academic progress that the students make at the school, but also their learning outside the classroom. 

Soham Village College’s extra-curricular clubs, PSHE curriculum and careers programme were commended, with the report noting that ‘in addition to learning the curriculum and achieving highly in examinations’, the students ‘becoming active, considerate, and resilient young people’. 

Headteacher of Soham Village College, Jon Hampson, said: “I am delighted that Ofsted has fully recognised the hard work and positive attitudes of our students as well as the commitment and expertise of our staff.” 

In the report, the inspectors stated that ‘pupils are very proud to attend this school’ and ‘know adults will provide them with care and support when they need it.’ 

They praised students for the way they ‘treat each other and adults with respect’ and commented that students ‘behave very well in and out of the classroom’. 

Stating the overall outcome of the inspection, the inspectors reported that ‘Soham Village College continues to be a good school. 

‘There is enough evidence of improved performance to suggest that the school could be judged outstanding if we were to carry out a graded (section five) inspection now’. 

Soham Village College’s next inspection will be a graded inspection.