Wood Green School

Wood Green School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Oxfordshire, England which serves the traditional blanket making and historic town of Witney and its surrounding villages.

Wood Green School
Address
Woodstock Road

Witney
,
Oxfordshire
,
OX28 1DX

England
Coordinates51°47′33″N 1°28′16″W
Information
Typecommunity school
MottoA school that inspires learning; a caring community
Established1953
Local authorityOxfordshire
Department for Education URN123238 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMr R Shadbolt
GenderMixed
Age11 to 19
Enrolment1,116 (2019)
Websitehttp://wgswitney.org.uk/

History

The school was established in 1953 as Witney's secondary modern school before becoming a comprehensive school in 1968.[1] In 2016 the school completed the building of a new Sixth Form Centre, school restaurant and drama studio.

Facilities

Set in over thirty acres of grounds and playing fields, the school is equipped with an all-weather floodlit pitch, multi-purpose sports hall, gymnasium, fitness suite and outdoor swimming pool.[2] All classrooms throughout the school are equipped with projectors and/or interactive whiteboards. In 2015 Wood Green School was inspected by Ofsted and judged to be Good.[3][4]

Academics

Wood Green School hosts approximately 1100 students, aged between 11–19, including the Sixth form.[5]

The school is a specialist visual and performing Arts College with many extra curricular activities in drama [6]

In 2015, 68% of GCSE candidates achieved 5 or more A*-C grades, and 54% of GCSE candidates achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and Mathematics. In 2015 at A Level, 80% of grades achieved were A*-C.[7]

Sixth form

The majority of students choose to continue their studies at the school's Sixth form.[8] The Sixth Form Centre is located in a modern building above the school restaurant, with a panoramic view over the school grounds. It includes a common room, seminar room, as well as a silent study workroom with networked computers and printing facilities.[9] The Sixth form is part of the Witney Consortium, offering a wider range of course choices by allowing students to study some of their subjects at Henry Box School.[10][11]

Notable former students

References
  1. Gott, Charles. "Book of Witney" (PDF). Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. "Wood Green School Prospectus 2015-2016" (PDF). Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. "Ofsted report - Wood Green School". Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. Sproule, Luke (6 January 2016). "Schools Focus: Wood Green head is ready to take school to next level after Ofsted report". Retrieved 17 July 2016 – via Oxford Times.
  5. "Wood Green School". oxfordshire.gov.uk. 2019.
  6. "Wood Green School Clubs". wgswitney.org.uk/. 2019.
  7. "2015 Public Examination Results - Wood Green School" (PDF). Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  8. "Headteacher's Welcome". Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  9. "Wood Green School Sixth Form Prospectus 2016-2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  10. "Wood Green School Sixth Form Course Guidance and Information Booklet" (PDF). Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  11. "Welcome to Wood Green School". UCAS Progress. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  12. "Emma Appleton from Witney set to be star of new Netflix show The Witcher". Oxford mail. 2019.
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