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]

The past few weeks have certainly been interesting. It never occurred to me that the announcement of my plan to take early retirement at the end of this academic year would end up in The Daily Mail …[Read More]

The weeks running up to Christmas are often the busiest times of the year in schools and, of course, Woodroffe is no different. The last few weeks of term have seen a whole host of seasonal activities …[Read More]

Woodroffe has, for many years now, been oversubscribed and every year there seems to be increasing competition for places in Year 7. This year, for example, there were over thirty …[Read More]

As you will certainly be aware, there has been a great deal of media coverage recently regarding the funding crisis in schools culminating in the head teachers’ march on Downing Street last …[Read More]

The start of term is always an exciting time and this year has been no different. There is a real buzz about the place and a strong sense of continuing success which makes everyone, staff and students alike …[Read More]

Schools, as politicians frequently point out, are at the heart of the community. When a school closes, or is put into Special Measures by Ofsted, the impact on the community can be profound …[Read More]

Still to come we have Junior Awards Evening; a Year 9 Maths Live day; a History Department visit to Chalke Valley; CCF Army camp; the Year 7 Maiden Castle Trip; the Year 11 and Year 13 Proms …[Read More]

I often wonder why so many parents have so little trust in the work we do at Woodroffe nowadays but then I look around at what’s going on in schools both nationally and locally and I begin to see …[Read More]

Woodroffe looks wonderful in the snow. Less so when the snow begins to melt. Much less so when we are trying to decide whether to close the school or not. This year, fortunately, the snow fell thick …[Read More]