Welcome to Woodchurch High School

Dear Parents and Carers

I am proud of the successes of Woodchurch High School, which is an 11-16 co-education comprehensive school with over 1,300 pupils on roll, supported by 200 teaching and support staff, resulting in small class sizes and greater personalisation of learning.

Woodchurch High School is an extremely successful school, attributable to it’s ‘Established Excellence’ in every aspect; including leadership and management, pupil progress and attainment. In addition, there is an ordered, disciplined environment, and extremely positive relationships within the school, and with
parents / carers and the local community.

At Woodchurch High School, we always place pupils at the centre of all we do and this has been reflected in our last four Ofsted Inspection reports – ‘Excellent’ in 1999, and ‘Outstanding’ in 2005, 2008 and 2009 – a significant achievement, which clearly shows success is nothing new to our school.

In addition, we have achieved numerous external awards in recognition of our outstanding practices. Nevertheless, we are always seeking ways to constantly build upon our ‘Established Excellence’.

We have been a Specialist Engineering College for nine years which has further strengthened our links with parents / carers, the community and local businesses.

As a High Performing Specialist School, we were delighted to be at our success in gaining ‘Training School Status’ in April 2009. As a Training School we are now in the privileged position of being able to share our expertise and excellent practice with other schools, agencies and the wider community.

In January 2010 we became a Trust School, which formalised our already excellent relationships with the Church of England, Liverpool Hope University, the University of Chester and KIER.

Woodchurch High is committed to providing the best possible education for all our pupils and we work in partnership with parents to achieve this goal. “The staff are exceptional and strive to get the best out of our children; the pupils couldn’t have gone to a more supportive school. It motivates and encourages its pupils to succeed in everything they do and definitely lives up to its outstanding reputation.”
‘A typical positive comment from a parent’.

(OFSTED March 2008)

Success in public examinations is important, as these are the qualifications which are required for further and higher education, as well as for employment opportunities. Our excellent results and the improvements we have sustained in recent years reflect our ability to successfully prepare our pupils for the next phase of their lives. Our pupils make excellent progress, regardless of their starting point; they tell the staff that they like their school and are proud to be part of Woodchurch High School.

To ensure that all our pupils succeed, an extensive enrichment programme is provided including a breakfast club and a homework club. There are additional lessons at lunchtime, after school and during holidays.

We are extremely proud to be an inclusive school, able to meet the needs of pupils with a physical and / or medical impairment, in addition to catering for pupils with Aspergers Syndrome.

There has never been a more exciting time to join us, as 2010 sees the opening of our new school. The new school will not only improve the educational opportunities of our new pupils, but cater for the needs of the wider community.

If you have any queries about the school, please feel free to make contact with us, and either myself or one of my senior staff will get back to you. Equally, if you are a prospective parent and wish to make a visit, please phone and we can arrange a mutually convenient time for your visit.

Yours sincerely

Ms R Phillips

Headteacher