Year 11 2026-2027
Welcome to the final year of your journey through Swavesey Village College
This page is you main source of Year 11 information, subject details, support and advice for your future and tips/revision notes for students (and parents).
Please keep a close eye EVERY WEEK on the Year 11 sections of the Friday Bulletin as this will have more time-relevant items with actions.
It is an exciting year ahead for you all – one which will help you focus your future vision and help you learn and develop in new, exciting and mature ways. You will all be feeling slightly differently about what lies ahead; know that you are not alone in these emotions. The staff are all here to guide you through.
Study is a life long learning skill, central to our Village College ethos – but alongside this, make sure that you balance interests, hobbies, sports and arts. Whatever world this year leads you to, you need to remember grades are important but it is also important you leave us as the most rounded, confident and best person you can be.
As you go through the year, your tutor is your main day to day contact, but you can also contact your SSA, Head of House, Mr Suckling, Mrs Warburton and Miss Thompson (Exams) or students can ‘drop-in’ with Mrs Warburton at lunchtime in Canteen 1.
You will have tutor time sessions, assemblies, interventions, challenges and tasks to help you, but also ask if you need support, encouragement or even just a listening ear, at any time along the way.
Please use the Year 11 Exam Page for Exam specific information. Click Here
KEY DATES AUTUMN 2026
18th September - Year 11 Report uploaded on the MCAS app
22nd September – Year 11 School Photos
24th September - Open Evening - SVC closes at 1pm
5th October – CAP (Cambridge Area Partnership - the group that pulls together all your next steps) Sixth Form Colleges and opportunities fair – held at SVC
6th October - Tutor Parent meetings
15th October – Parents' Evening Students and parents to attend - at SVC
December - CAP grade consultation, submission and Post 16 applications completed
10th December - Targeted student/parents' evening
7th - 18th December - Academic Mentoring Student and Tutor - CAP and exam prep.
KEY DATES SPRING 2027
January & February – Guidance meetings held with Colleges and Students
11th - 29th January - Mock Exam Series
Thursday 15th January – Year 11 Subject Teachers & Parents’ evening IN PERSON at SVC – please book via My Child at School app for appointments.
5th March - Report 2 uploaded to the MCAS app
8th - 19th March - Academic Mentoring Student and Tutor
18th March – Year 11 Exam Series information evening - students and parents/carers to attend - the Final Push!
SUMMER TERM DATES 2027
21st & 22nd April - Art and Photography GCSE exams.
Week beginning 26th April – MFL speaking GCSE exams start
MONDAY 10th MAY – EXAMS START
Tuesday 22nd June 2027 – SVC Leavers’ Day (afternoon – timings tbc)
Thursday 24th June 2027 – SVC Year 11 Prom at The Burgess Hall
Thursday 19th August 2027 – RESULTS DAY!
Post 16 – see advice on our Post 16 page here.
Links to schools/college websites:
- Cambridge Maths School Welcome – Cambridge Maths School (tela.org.uk)
- Cambridge Regional College http://www.camre.ac.uk
- Chesterton Sixth Form Welcome – Chesterton Sixth Form (tela.org.uk)
- College of Animal Welfare Godmanchester http://www.caw.ac.uk
- College of West Anglia http://www.col-westanglia.ac.uk
- Comberton Sixth form http://www.combertonsixthform.org
- Cottenham Sixth Form http://www.cottenhamsixthform.org
- Ely Bishop Laney Sixth Form Centre http://www.elycollege.com/sf
- Hills Road Sixth Form College Cambridge http://www.hillsroad.ac.uk
- Huntingdon Regional College http://www.huntingdon.ac.uk
- Impington Village College Sixth Form http://www.impington.cambs.sch.uk
- Long Road Sixth Form College Cambridge http://www.longroad.ac.uk
- Northstowe Sixth Form College https://sixthform.northstowe.education
- The Oakes Cambridge http://www.oakescc.org
- Parkside Sixth Form http://www.parksidesixth.org.uk
- Peterborough Regional College http://www.peterborough.ac.uk
- The St Ivo School St Ives http://www.stivoschool.org
- National website for apprenticeships http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk
Useful Websites:
Meridian Trust Pathway information and guidance Meridian Pathways
National Careers Service Apprenticeships | National Careers Service