These include a number of therapies, interventions, curriculum and access to outside agencies for support. The 1988 Education Act introduced Local Management of Schools, in which budgets were delegated directly to schools. Woodlands Academy (formerly The Woodlands School and Sports College) was a boys secondary school situated in west Coventry in the West Midlands, England. They are collaborative, creative, confident, and above all, kind. It was stated that Robinson engaged in the chatroom conversation that led to his arrest on July 12, 2021, before being arrested in August 2021 and then pleading guilty in September the same year. Given the opportunity to re-furbish the complete block, the school created a new library, staff room, main office, staff toilets, and new offices for the Headteacher, Mr. Hebden and Deputy Headteacher, Mr. Charlton. I liked Harvey Wyatt as well. Coventry, CV4 9PW. The school opened for pupils two weeks later than planned, poor weather during the summer meant that with the exception of 5 Sixth Formers the pupils enjoyed an extended summer holiday whilst building work was completed. The Percentage of possible half days marked as an absence from school, for whatever reason, whether they are authorised or unauthorised. Woodlands School - State Street Campus. At present (June1956) there are eight houses with 150 boys in each. The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership, a charitable company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales. 1,356 were here. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. On 27th Oct 2013 11:40am, Suitably Chastised said: Kent & York blocks. The closure of Houses in the 1980s released space and a Sixth Form Centre was formed in the two Houses on the right of the Main Drive, formerly Smith-Clarke and Gibson. After a great deal of hard work by a team of staff and fundraising events by the pupils and parents, the school was awarded Sports College status at its first attempt in 2003. - Yes of course it did, I suppose I didn't too badly when I went out in the wide world. The Woodlands was linked with Tile Hill Wood Girls School for many years. 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To find a list of Teachers, Administration and Professional Support Staff, please open our Woodlands Staff Directory (Google Sheet opens in a new window) . : Joined Sep 2013 Total posts:678. Dewis J.P. opened the school at 2.30p.m. As part of our safeguarding arrangements, we have a two-way information sharing agreement in place with the local police authority. The council was trialling comprehensives as an alternative to the grammar. Records your status as logged in, and hence having access to the members-only content. Many tears have been shed over the pitiful plight of these poor children, herded together in one vast concentration camp of a school, with nobody knowing them as individuals and nobody caring for them. The 1990s started badly with 5 suspicious fires in 18 months. In particular, the panel said Robinson "actions were deliberate in nature and there was no evidence to suggest that he was acting under duress". Adapted from https://web.archive.org/web/20090905234002/http://www.thewoodlandsschool.org/si_history.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlands_Academy,_Coventry#History, West Coventry Academy An early decision was made not to interview anyone who became a pupil at either school after the year 2000. Coventry City predicted team vs Huddersfield: Time to step up or formation change amid injury crisis? Senior Teachers became Assistant Headteachers and the school created the SMT or Senior Management Team, later to become the Senior Leadership Team. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Each school is graded on a four point scale: 1 being outstanding, 2 being good, 3 means they require improvement, and 4 signifying inadequate. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. For driving directions, please click here. It achieved an average A Level score of 25.05, which is far below the nations average. Coventry. Then for a short time they were based in the Upper and Lower library areas. Home. Webberly, Bentley and I (in the Lower 6th at Woodlands) produced the first Woodlands School Magazine as joint editors. It is worth noting that each house is a cross section of the whole school. The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership is committed to keeping our students safe, both in school and the wider community. Look on "FreeBMD". The carpenter teacher who would shave the hairs off his arm with a chisel to demonstrate how sharp they were and then, without fail during lessons throw a lump of wood at anybody not listening or mucking about. His brother lived in Hugh Rd, Stoke where I lived in the vacations a few doors up from them with my grandfather and aunt and I used to visit them then. The percentage of pupils who meet the criteria for free school meals, and are a statutory benefit. Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. A new special education school has been approved by Coventry City Council. What more obvious choice of specialism for The Woodlands than sport? Apart from Canada, Australia was also represented by Pete Walker, who left his goat farm (no kidding) over there to spend some time with his old classmates. Inevitably this affected the number of Houses. The Woodlands SEND School will combine the facilities of the Woodfield Primary School and Woodfield Secondary School, which will be surplus to requirements as part of the proposals and outline planning applications have been submitted for both sites for residential development. Good luck, Edited by Midland Red, 10th Sep 2015 9:49 am (Telegraph link inserted above), School sees red over 13 year old boy's purple hair. The wheels of the education authority do grind slowly!!! The Woodlands Comprehensive School opened at 8.55 a.m. on Tuesday 21st September 1954, making it one of the first comprehensive schools in the country. Mention of the first female teacher at Woodlands reminded me when at Junior Tech Perrins (Maths) was taken ill (Peritonitis - we thought) and off quite a long time. 115 of 306 Wed 30th Oct 2013 8:08pm. A spokesman for Woodlands School said: "In August 2021, the school were made aware of an allegation against an employee and acted swiftly to deal with the matter, which resulted in the employee leaving our employment. This is to make preparations for a Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) School. The decision was made that two of the twelve or thirteen schools should be girls schools. Mick Strong. Walter Hogarth took over from Donald Thompson in January 1981; he had previously been Headmaster at Holdgate Comprehensive School in Barnsley. Across the city the number of school children was declining, forcing the LEA to cut places at popular schools. He also developed two canteens serving hot meals on a cafeteria basis. A middle prior attainment band is defined being as 24 - 29.9 points in a pupil's results, calculated from KS2 prior attainment, calculated from the pupil's average points score for English, maths and science. All posts by this member. Coventry, CV4 9PW. Woodlands School Under 15 football team 1956/57. Boland (science teacher) His offences did not relate to the school or any of its pupils or staff. If your school is seeking support with a different subject please contact us to see how we can help. He started the same day as Bernard Tranter. Harvey was a great bloke as well. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. They adopted the principles of the comprehensive system of education to give equal opportunities to all abilities. Fortunately continuity was secured as the staffs of the two schools forming two thirds of the staff required, opted to go with their pupils rather than to any other school in the city.. I could only assume that apart from putting oneself in touch with the past and reliving the happy and sad events experienced in those formative teenage years, it gives credence to that old saying, Schooldays are the happiest days of your life. What was once an all-boys . We can rightly be proud of the fact that The Woodlands led the way, by being the first comprehensive school in the country to embrace genuine mixed ability teaching without recourse to setting or banding of any kind. Due to the pandemic it is likely that disadvantaged and vulnerable groups have been most affected. Some were quite good The next item on David Hebdens agenda was the pursuit of Specialist School status. You can check out further drawings and proposed elevations here. Robinson, 36, was charged with attempting or engaging in sexual communication with a child and attempting, causing or inciting a female child under 16 to engage in a sexual act. As one of England's first purpose-built comprehensives, Woodlands in Coventry, falls victim to competition, parents and students reveal the human cost Left to right: Sarah Illsley, Charlie. I still have a copy (1954-55). A high prior attainment band is defined as over 30 points in a pupil's results, calculated from KS2 prior attainment, calculated from the pupil's average points score for English, maths and science. Many have argued that it is not a cost-effective way to run a school, it does not make efficient use of the buildings and is expensive to staff. The planning document which was approved by the council on Thursday (July 21), stated: "The funding of the new SEND school will come from the redevelopment of the two Woodfield School sites for housing the Primary School on Stoneleigh Road and the Secondary School on Hawthorn Lane. If you have any queries about the society or information about Coventry's social history, please get in touch with us. I recall the Head Boy in that final year prior to Woodlands was Dave Jackson, like me from Stoke and who, during National Service, was posted to RAF Pucklechurch, near Bristol. At Woodlands School we offer a range of support for pupils, families and staff. During his time as Headteacher he not only maintained the high standards set by his predecessors but crucially he steered the school through one of the most challenging phases in its history. Bill Cleaver certainly had a school team of Morris Men and they performed the sword dance which ended up with the interlaced swords held up at the end to show the pattern. Despite some opposition, the merger was approved, and all Woodlands Academy pupils transferred to the Tile Hill Wood site in September 2016. Broad Lane, Coventry, West Midlands, CV5 7FF. Stephen Robinson began an online chatroom conversation with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl - but they were actually a police officer posing as the teenager. In the winter we had to sit with our scarves on and sometimes gloves just to keep warm. The number of pupils there are for each teacher. Writing in The Birmingham University Journal of Education in June 1956 Mr. West gave more detail about the birth of the school. Their solution was to adopt a House system as used in many public schools. Contradictory answers .. has time blurred my memory . possibly, but saying that I have enjoyed reading the Woodlands pages so perhaps it was not so bad after all. Report this profile Experience teacher woodlands school View paul's full profile See who you know in common Get introduced . The Woodlands School: Predecessor: 1 August 2011: Regional schools commissioner (RSC) region West Midlands. I dont remember Sue Underwood, I was 75-80 and recall there were more women teachers around this time, including the spectacular Miss Bacon from Ellis House. Business Manager: Mrs Janis Mullen. 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Edit. 88.2% of the pupils of This School speak English as a 1st language, which is much lower than the national average. I suppose it's only with the benefit of hindsight that we recognise the bullying that went on, perhaps because "getting a slap" was not unusual at home. Our Mission: In August 2011, Woodlands School converted to academy status and was renamed Woodlands Academy. Thanks mainly to Barrie Sawbridge who flew here from his home in Quebec there was a good attendance. This School has a 15:1 teacher/student ratio, which is very slightly below typical in the country. Something went wrong, please try again later. [1], In the main building there was a copy of the Guernica painting, which illustrated a stylised view of the 1937 Bombing of Guernica in Basque Spain by German and Italian bombers in the Spanish Civil War, in which the artist Pablo Picasso clearly expressed his abhorrence to the military suppression of the Spanish people.[2]. This School has a 15:1 teacher/student ratio, which is very slightly below typical in the country. Pupils from Woodlands Academy, Broad Lane, Coventry protest at the plans to merge their school with Tile Hill Wood School. The original sixth form building was in the new drama studio but was later in the building where the house, cresswell was. Billybobs, I can't now find the relevant post when you mentioned Deputy Head at Woodlands R.E.S. I loved languages and enjoyed the experience I had with Howell Jones, Hugo Hottot and Sammy Howells. The average number of GCSEs, and equivalents (such as BTEC's and NVQ's) taken by each pupil. The Headmaster, Mr. F. West M.A., had previously been Head of the Coventry Technical Secondary School. Old Boys from Woodlands School celebrated the school's 60th birthday at the Walsgrave Hotel in Coventry Peter Surtees, of Eastern Green, Coventry, was among Old Boys of The Woodlands. Blog. 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