# Bottisham Village College — Cambridge, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cambridge/bottisham-village-college-12371 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 1.7/5 from 11 published reviews ## Contact - **Address:** Lode Road, Bottisham - **Phone:** 2480208186287 - **Website:** http://www.bottishamvc.org/ - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cambridge/bottisham-village-college-12371 ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Requires Improvement — Mar 2024 - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Outstanding — Jun 2012 - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Requires Improvement — Mar 2024 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Outstanding — Jun 2012 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Requires Improvement — Mar 2024 - **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Good — Mar 2024 - **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Requires Improvement — Mar 2024 ## Recent parent reviews - **5/5** — Go to bvc: This school is awesome,tge uniforms are comfortable and the school sorts u into groups depending on ur education level *(Sep 2023)* - **1/5** — Its horrible: Its horrible i go here and honestly I hate it you can't do anything such as dyeing hair cause apparently according to the idiots who run the school it is "distracting and "can cause bullying" yeah but If im disabled or part of lgbtq+ community you Don't give a shit about me being bullied you only care about bullying when it comes to teaching control from a young age and not allowing students to express them selfs. How about you give us basic human rights but no you refuse us to go to the toilet … *(Jul 2023)* - **1/5** — Here are my reasons why I gave it one star: I go to this school and it is horrible there are so many idiotic rules that are there to teach control from a young age such as Not allowing students to dye there hair un natural colours makes no sense. What is it going to do to you if I where to have blue hair it doesn't effect learning and it is a way for people to express who they are. Also people getting in trouble for having buzzed hair I have see and heard of this happening it is just utterly stupid giving a child punishment for them expre… *(Jul 2023)* - **1/5** — Do not send your kids: Very unfriendly would not recommend sending your child here, it’s always one rule for one and one for another, money grabbers and do not respect cultural groups, male teacher always looking and judging girls for skirts and boys having there trousers tight which isn’t affecting there education, in my opinion it’s per*y, also mostly unfair on students was warned before hand about this school but wish I listened. *(Jul 2023)* - **1/5** — don`t recommend: loads of unprofessional teachers no mental heath care i found 2 packets of cigarettes a vodka bottle and an old vape do not recommend *(Feb 2023)* - **1/5** — Why i don’t recommend this school: If you are muslim i wouldn’t recommend this school as they lie about islam quite a lot and spread the wrong message, also they are very islamaphobic when talking about our religion during PSHE. *(Jan 2023)* - **4/5** — Good school: It’s a great school if you are willing to put effort in. Most of the teachers are very good at their job and are willing to help you with any struggles you may have. There is a great support team if you are struggling inside or outside of school. The food is very good and there’s a much better choice of healthy food than there used to be.However the rules can be frustrating unless you understand why they are in place. Overall, it’s a very friendly environment where you will thrive if you put the… *(Sep 2022)* - **3/5** — Bottisham Village College: It is a alright school if you don’t suffer with mental health issues. *(Apr 2022)* - **1/5** — Shit Mental Health Help: Everyone I know who went to the wellbeing there was told they would have their parents called to arrange weekly visits to make sure they dont kill themselves or whatever. None of us got any of that and we just had to wing it. 😍 *(Nov 2021)* - **1/5** — Bottisham village college: 1. Was forced to look at a wall for a bad score on a french test. They language department don't care about you and your progress just how they are being portrayed by your scores. 2. Covid.. They did not handle the situation well at all with nearly whole year groups self isolating it's pathetic *(Apr 2021)* ## Other schools in Cambridge - [Cottenham Village College](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cambridge/cottenham-village-college-12994) — 1.8/5 (32 reviews) - [Comberton Village College](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cambridge/comberton-village-college-12181) — 2.5/5 (20 reviews) - [Linton Village College](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cambridge/linton-village-college-12163) — 1.7/5 (15 reviews) - [The Netherhall School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cambridge/the-netherhall-school-16701) — 2.2/5 (14 reviews) - [Coleridge Community College](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cambridge/coleridge-community-college-12345) — 2.3/5 (9 reviews) - [Trumpington Community College](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cambridge/trumpington-community-college-19146) — 1.4/5 (9 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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