Our College Aims
At Linton Village College everyone is a learner and every learner matters. We recognise that children and adults have different talents, like to learn in different ways and need different kinds of support.
The achievement of every single learner is what matters to us and we work hard to meet the needs of each individual.
Our excellent track record reveals how successful we have been at meeting these needs, but we believe that we can always improve and we aim to be the very best. Our mission is to be a world class centre of learning and so we aim:
- to be a vibrant learning community which embraces change and is at the vanguard of innovation in education
- to provide outstanding teaching and learning, a personalised curriculum and superb learning environment
- to sustain outstanding levels of achievement at all key stages
- to equip our learners with the skills, attributes and values they need as 21st century global citizens
- to collaborate with community partners to foster social cohesion and to ensure that our community prospers
- to nurture exceptional leadership at all levels in the organisation.
An outwards looking school
At Linton Village College we broaden horizons. As an International School Award winner, we bring the world to Linton and take Linton students out to see the world. The range of trips and expeditions we offer is extensive and impressive.
In recent years students have had opportunities to visit Iceland, Sicily, Rodez, Paris, Barcelona, Tuscany, Johannesburg, Borneo and Bulgaria. In Year 9, we encourage every child in the school to go on a residential trip for a week in June.
We run language exchanges to France and Germany whilst a ski trip is a popular school-led winter holiday. Each summer the school wind band tours abroad and over the long vacation a group of Year 11 students go on a trek which involves voluntary work and a physical challenge in a less developed country. Many of our students enjoy their involvement with the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme which takes them all over the UK on expeditions.
Perhaps the most significant international project, however, remains our link with Boepathutse Secondary school in Soshanguve township in South Africa. For over a decade we have raised thousands of pounds for our link school, hosted students and teachers in Linton and visited Boepathutse with student groups. We have made a difference to the lives of students there and in doing so we have been helped to understand difference.