The school was granted a presumption to open a new sixth form due to its high-performing status.

Capital funding from the Learning and Skills Council was secured to build the required new facilities for a sixth form.

The new sixth form building was opened[6][7] by Sir David Bell, permanent secretary for the Department for Education on 14 June 2011.

[9] In January 2016, Comberton Village College were featured in the ITV news for providing teaching resources to Edlumino in order to support the education of refugees in France.

[10] In 2022, the college installed a ground source heat pump, as a ‘first’ in the UK.