The Woodlands School, Coventry
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| Established | 1954 |
| Type | Comprehensive (state funded) |
| Specialism | Sports College |
| Location | Broad Lane Coventry West Midlands CV5 7FF England |
| LEA | Coventry City Council |
| Ofsted number | 103730 |
| Students | 1,011 (approx.) |
| Gender | Boys only |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Houses | 7 |
| Website | www.thewoodlandsschool.org |
The Woodlands School and Sports College is a boys school situated in west Coventry in the West Midlands, England. The school was purpose-built in 1954 as one of the first comprehensive schools in the country, by the collaboration of two local educational establishments, Templars School and Coventry Technical College. Historic links to these two can be seen in The Woodlands School coat of arms. Pupils are aged between 11 to 18. It has remained a boys school; girls go to the nearby Tile Hill Wood School. In 2003, the school was awarded specialist status as a Sport College.
In the main building there is a copy of the Guernica painting, which illustrates 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 Picaso clearly expressed his abhorrence to the military suppression of the Spanish people.[1]
In 2003, Woodlands School adopted a new system where all the pupils take their SAT's and GCSE's a year early compared to most other secondary schools in England. The first year group to go through the new system had only 36% of pupils who managed to achieve five grade A-C in their subjects.
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[edit] Houses
The school makes use of the house system and every pupil being registered into one of them. Initially a total of ten houses were established, they were named after famous citizens of Coventry. The school now has seven houses. Out of the original ten houses, four of the houses were closed, and Thompson and West are additions named after two former head teachers of the school.
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Original ten houses
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Current seven houses
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[edit] Former pupils
- David Moorcroft (born 1953), athlete
- Neil Back (born 1969), rugby union player who has played for the English national team
- Danny Grewcock (born 1972), rugby union player who has played for the English national team
- Clive Owen (born 1964), world famous actor
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[edit] External links
- Map sources for The Woodlands School, Coventry
- School website
- Website Archives
