Woodfarm High School
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| Established | 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | Comprehensive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head Teacher | Mrs Nicola MacGlashan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robslee Road, Thornliebank, East Renfrewshire Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Students | c. 800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Coeducational | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Woodfarm High School is a non-denominational Scottish secondary school in Woodfarm, East Renfrewshire. It has a roll of approximately 800 pupils. The Head Teacher is Nicola MacGlashan who joined the school in August 2014
The school achieves good exam results, along with other East Renfrewshire high schools. Woodfarm was the first secondary school in East Renfrewshire to receive the Level 1 UNICEF Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA), and is currently working to secure Level 2. In 2012, it was ranked the 7th state school in Scotland by the percentage of fifth years attaining at least five Higher passes.[1]
Previous building and fire
The original Woodfarm consisted of four separate buildings, one with all general departments including gym, office and management facilities, another with Art and Information Technology departments and the final with English, Maths, Science and Home Economics. The fire destroyed the English and Science departments. The English and Maths building was also named the "Westfield Building".
However, a new wing to the school was opened in 2005, housing the Science, Maths, and English departments, as well as the office and cafeteria. The new 'Street' area is used for in school events such as the school ceilidhs that are held every year in December.
House system
Woodfarm has four houses named after Scottish islands.
- Arran
- Bute
- Cumbrae
- Tiree
Each year, a male and female senior from each house is elected House Captain. The points system is mostly based on time-keeping and attendance, but also given from inter-house competitions, like the senior football tournament.
Departments
The subject areas in Woodfarm High School are structured into nine faculties. Each faculty has a faculty head who has overall management responsibility and leads the learning and teaching. The faculties are:
- Business Education and Computing
- Creative Arts
- English
- Maths
- Modern Languages
- P.E.
- Science
- Social Subjects and RME
- Technology Faculty
Achievements
- Green Flag Award
- Rights Respecting School Award Level 2
Cluster primary schools
The pupils of Woodfarm High School are mainly made up of students transferring from the four feeder primary schools: Robslee Primary School, Thornliebank Primary School, Braidbar Primary School and Giffnock Primary School. A small percentage of students from primary schools in the Glasgow City Council area are also admitted to the school by placement request. In 2011, Robslee and Giffnock Primary Schools were merged to allow Our Lady of The Missions Roman Catholic Primary the use of the Robslee building. As of August 2014, Woodfarm High School will have only 3 associated primaries: Braidbar, Thornliebank and Giffnock.
Notable alumni
- Dougie Payne (bassist for indie rock band Travis)
- Jordan Halsman (Footballer currently playing for Cowdenbeath)
- Chris Iwelumo (Former Scottish international footballer)
- Emily Middlemas (Singer who starred in The X Factor)
- David Murray (Professor of Old Testament & Practical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary)
- Jennifer Reoch (Former Miss Scotland and TV presenter at STV Glasgow)
- Sergio Casci (writer and actor most famous for his screenplay of the films Man Dancin' and American Cousins)