History of Linton Village College

The college was built in 1937, the third of Henry Morris’ village colleges in Cambridgeshire. The original 1937 building was built in the Art Deco style of the time and is now listed. It was designed to provide education for around 250 local children and, with its stunning setting under the local hills and the landmark of the Water Tower, benefited from acres of attractively landscaped grounds for sporting and recreation purposes.

The population of the area grew in the post-war years and additional facilities were constructed to house music, English, mathematics, modern foreign languages, science, art, technology and ICT.  In 1993 the college Sports Centre was opened, which provides high quality sports facilities for the community and our own students. In 2007, an extensive building programme began which will be completed by 2011. The programme will leave us with some of the most imaginatively designed education spaces in the county. Our student numbers are now around 820 and we are heavily oversubscribed, attracting students from neighbouring counties as well as the children in our own catchment area.