Witchford Village College becomes latest signing to new multi-academy trust for Cambridgeshire
Rolf Purvis, Headteacher at Downham Market Academy, is part of the Trust’s new senior leadership team and has become the new Executive Headteacher at Witchford Village College. - Credit: Archant
Witchford Village College has become the latest school to join a new multi-academy trust for Cambridgeshire.
The college has joined The Learning Alliance (TLA), formed by the merger of the Cambridgeshire Educational Trust (CET) and Morris Education Trust (MET).
The TLA hopes to offer a wider range of subject and qualification options compared to any non-selective secondary school or sixth form in the county, including GCSEs, A Level, BTECs and the International Baccaleaureate.
Rolf Purvis, headteacher at Downham Market Academy which was a CET member, has become the executive headteacher of Witchford Village College and is also part of the new trust’s senior leadership team.
Meanwhile, Lucy Scott, of Chesterton Community College which was part of CET, will head the senior leadership team as chief executive officer.
Mr Purvis said: “Within the Trust’s team, we have an enviable wealth of teaching and school improvement experience, evidenced by the success of Downham Market Academy and its Athena Sixth Form College, since they became part of CET in 2017.”
Ms Scott said: “As our Trust grows, each school, including Witchford Village College, will retain that identity but share the same values and standards of academic rigour, excellent extra-curricular opportunities and exceptional arts and performing arts.
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“Our new Trust is a small family of schools in and to the north of Cambridge, each with its own distinct identity which, combined, offer more choice than any other group of schools, enabling every student to pursue their dreams and passions.”