Rough Notes – October 2019
Dear parents, carers and friends of The Woodroffe School, thank you for taking the time to read through our latest edition of Rough Notes. We have enjoyed a very positive start to …[Read More]
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Sail France 2019
Year 9 enjoyed a fantastic week of water sports in South West France at the beginning of the summer holidays. Sixty-one students, accompanied by seven members of staff, camped lake side at …[Read More]
Rough Notes – September 2019
Thank you for taking the time to read through our latest edition of Rough Notes. It has been a very positive start to the new school year, and we have enjoyed welcoming students old and new to Woodroffe …[Read More]
Year 9 Dartmoor Trip 2019
Sunshine, wind and a dash of rain greeted the Year 9 students as our annual Geography trip to Dartmoor took place over the last week. Throughout the day the students learnt about …[Read More]
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]
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]