GCSE Results 2019
The new government benchmarks now focus on the number of students achieving 4+ (a standard pass) and 5+ (a strong pass), with particular focus on ‘the basics’, i.e. English and Maths. The …[Read More]
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A Level Results 2019
As with last year our students have been awaiting their A-Level results this year with real anxiety. In the last few years students have had to cope with harder exams, much more …[Read More]
Rough Notes – June/July 2019
This will be the last time that I write to you as I am leaving Woodroffe after 12 years. I am not going too far away as I will take up the position of Headteacher in The Sir John Colfox Academy …[Read More]
Collection of Exam Results 2019
Students are invited to collect their exam results in A3 as follows: A Level – Thursday 15th August from 10 am until noon. GCSE – Thursday 22nd August from 10 am until …[Read More]
Working with Professionals
In the last month Year 10 Art students have been working with various organisations and artists on the GCSE and BTEC Courses. Dan Broom, the events organiser behind Jurassic fields, came in …[Read More]
Town Mill Art Exhibition – July 2019
This exhibition combines working artists with students work to raise awareness of the injustices that occur when terminology like ‘enhanced interrogation’ is accepted without question and when …[Read More]
Rough Notes – April/May 2019
What can you say about Richard apart from that he was a brilliant and inspirational Head Teacher. I first came to the school 12 years ago as Assistant Headteacher and one of the reasons I wanted to work …[Read More]
Ten Tors 2019
Congratulations to the two Woodroffe Ten Tors teams. Both teams successfully completed the 45 mile (silver award) challenge over the weekend. All students involved have worked incredibly hard …[Read More]
Rough Notes – March 2019
At the end of this term we are two thirds of the way through the 2018-19 academic year and, as always, time seems to have gone very quickly. After the Easter break there are only a few weeks before …[Read More]
Rough Notes – February 2019
With over a 1000 students in the school we sometimes forget all the trials and tribulations they face each day just to arrive at school prepared and ready to learn. I fear sometimes the same could be said …[Read More]