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They adopted the principles of the comprehensive system of education to give equal opportunities to all abilities. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. The lady teacher had a maroon velvet covered handbag which had gold hinges along the bottom, and she neatly clipped the sides together with a twist on the top (if she needed anything from it) to close it. 0 Espaol: 1 . 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. Pupils from Woodlands Academy, Broad Lane, Coventry protest at the plans to merge their school with Tile Hill Wood School. 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. You need to be signed in to respond to this topic. Nutbrook Avenue The plans factor in hard and soft landscaping and an artificial playing pitch for pupils. When the school is fully developed there will be ten houses with 165 boys in each. Students at West Coventry Academy in Coventry are celebrating huge successes after receiving their A-Level results. Does anyone have news of him or know where he is now. We compared both schools and remarked how different they were to each other. Because he yawned during lessons, one young scholar was made to lie down on the cold hard floor of the classroom for the entire lesson he never yawned in class again. The Coventry Technical School, which had been deliberately developed by its Headmaster with the support of the governors into a bi-lateral Technical Grammar School with the comprehensive school in view, had been poorly housed in temporary huts behind the Technical College. It will be the first of what it is hoped will become an annual event for the Broad Lane school and sports college. 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This concern was uppermost in the minds of the Advisory Committee as they worked to plan The Woodlands. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. 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. I started teaching in 1974, and for the first ten years or so caning was still allowed. 4501 Oak Grove Parkway Brooklyn Park, MN 55443. [1] Something went wrong, please try again later. Ana Neofitou, Headteacher, said: "We are so very proud of our students. If I were to be asked to name the things of which the school has become noted over the last 17 years I would have to place at the top of the list non-streaming or mixed ability teaching as some prefer to call it. No other Head had been forced to deal with so many changes in such a short space of time, and it is testament to his leadership that The Woodlands continued to flourish. I was in Ellis House and had a great House Master in "Bear Miles". The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. There was a flagpole behind the library bearing a dedication to students of the original schools who were killed in the wartime bombing of Coventry. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Plans have been submitted to turn the former Woodlands Academy into another school. There we had two gyms as well as having our own playing fields a pool was added later. Meals are cooked in adjacent kitchens each of whish serves two houses. 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. The Woodlands High School. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". Coventry. School Tutors Programme - Find out more about our national programme here. The Headmaster, Mr. F. West M.A., had previously been Head of the Coventry Technical Secondary School. Would like to know what happened to Dave. Phone: 936-709-1200. I was in Stringer house at Woodlands. Other characters too numerous to mention in the short time I have, who reigned over their subjects, some appeared to enjoy abusing their status of 'power' and certainly would not exist in today's school environment whereas others who were more considerate would not be out of place in the schools of 2016. If your school is seeking support with a different subject please contact us to see how we can help. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The original sixth form building was in the new drama studio but was later in the building where the house, cresswell was. To populate the two new houses each of the existing 8 houses transferred one fifth of their pupils, selection was made by lot.. They weren't all bad teachers. Your school education years are the same as mine, and a few of my teachers had the same traits as some of your Woodlands teachers, though luckily only a tiny few. I started teaching in 1974, and for the first ten years or so caning was still allowed. : Joined Apr 2011 Total posts:20. 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, Coventry Technical Secondary School a Grammar School and Templars School a Secondary Modern School It opened on the morning of 21 September 1954. Despite rewards of 1000 being offered, no culprits were ever found but the school invested heavily in hi-tech security systems. Webberly, Bentley and I (in the Lower 6th at Woodlands) produced the first Woodlands School Magazine as joint editors. Two more, Gibson and Smith-Clarke were added in September 1956. In the two schools in Coventry I taught at during this time I came across several bullying teachers. He would have been at Woodlands nearly 30 years. When playing fields are given over to development they are gone forever.". The secondary modern pupils came from the Templars School, a co-educational school Each of these schools contributed roughly 400 boys to the second forms upwards. 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. In September 1957 Wilson House was renamed Perrens following the retirement of its Housemaster Mr. F. Perrens. They had assemblies and ate lunch in the house rooms, along with all of the other year groups in the house. Coventry, CV4 9PW. The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership is committed to keeping our students safe, both in school and the wider community. He is the one who encourages them, guides them and if need be punishers them. The average number of pupils in each class. We are satisfied that the allegation did not relate to Woodlands School in any way and that no pupils or staff were placed at risk during his employment. One of the earliest decisions by the authority was to re-house the school in The Woodlands. 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In the winter we had to sit with our scarves on and sometimes gloves just to keep warm. Those schools attaining an outstanding or good grade might not be re-inspected for as long as five years; while those receiving lower grades will be reassessed with greater frequency, with little or no notice prior to the inspectors arriving. If I'm totally honest I cannot answer. Through small classes, challenging . The City Architect and Director of Education put together an Advisory Committee which consisted mainly of teachers and it was the brief of this group, to assist in the solution of the problems involved in schools of this size and complexity envisaged. At present (June1956) there are eight houses with 150 boys in each. These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use this website. Tutor Hunt has been operating for over 15 years, during this time have built up a vast number of tutors and teachers, and have the widest range of tutors and teachers available covering all major academic subjects nationally. 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. 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. [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]. Downloads (Directories, Booklets & Databases), Holy Trinity Burials 1837 1900 are now Online. However, the winds of educational change were blowing in 1983. Coventry Inspectors will sit in on classes, assessing each teacher's teaching ability. The organiser, Woodlands sports complex manager Graeme Lloyd, said: "We are particularly trying to trace students from the 1950s-1980s. In 1997 the school had 6 Houses and a Post 16 Centre. The school was designed by The Development Group of The Ministry of Education in collaboration with Coventry Education Committee. 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. Picture of of existing Woodlands School site. 6101 Research Forest Drive. Look on "FreeBMD". KS4 is commonly referred to as GCSE stage and compulsory for all school pupils . Well, well the rumours of 1963 were true. Woodlands pupils were taught in mixed ability groups for their first three years, and it was not until their fourth year that they were grouped for GCEs and CSEs. Bernard Tranter was IMO the best one there. Woodlands School Under 15 football team 1956/57. What was once an all-boys . This is to make preparations for a Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) School. It was decided to move the Main Office by the new security gate. We were both former Tile Hill Wood and Woodlands students and are now currently studying at the West Coventry Sixth Form. Woodlands Academy (formerly The Woodlands School and Sports College) was a boys secondary school situated in west Coventry in the West Midlands, England. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. 1,356 were here. In July 1965 Mr. E. Ellis retired as Head of Spencer House and the House was renamed after him. Woodlands opened in September 1954 with 8 houses: Brook, Cresswell, Malins, McLachlan, Sparkes, Spencer, Stringer and Wilson. Home. Discipline was harsh too, many of the lads tasted the cane as well as being whacked on their backsides with Burdetts size 10 plimsole. Inevitably this affected the number of Houses. In 2015, original house McLachlan was closed. Before it closed, the school had five houses. Business Manager: Mrs Janis Mullen. 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. : Joined Sep 2013 Total posts:698. The new facility will open on the site of the former Woodlands School, which closed its doors in 2016. The percentage of pupils who have attained 38 or more absences, over both the autumn term and the Spring term together. His offences did not relate to the school or any of its pupils or staff. Graham Legg was Headteacher for two and a half years, only a short time but he too made changes. From what I know Bernard Tranter would be most people's top choice - he was very helpful and friendly to me when I was there. I moved to New Zealand in 85 so lost touch with my Coventry school mates, though would love to readsome posts from the same period I was at Woodlands, especially from Ellis boys One more female teacher I remember, the often braless Miss Ball who took home ed.. Hi there I'm new to this. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. However, Cllr Pete Male, Conservative representative for Woodlands ward, also told CoventryLive he is lamenting the loss of the playing fields which were sold off to enable the introduction of the new school.. Cllr Male said: "I have consistently called for the former Woodlands School site to be used to deliver good quality education. A teacher at a school in Warwickshire has been banned from the classroom indefinitely after admitting sexual offences. They are collaborative, creative, confident, and above all, kind. The percentage of pupils who meet the criteria for free school meals, and are a statutory benefit. Instead of the lavish classrooms they enjoyed, we had to make do with makeshift huts resembling those used to house prisoners during the war Stalag 17 comes to mind. Schools and Education - Woodlands School. We had a supply female Maths teacher which was wonderful after all the suffering we had from 'Pedro' (more especially if like me you hated Maths lessons and could easily be caught by the curlies and your head banged on the blackboard (this really did happen on more than one occasion). Sports & community facilities are still available for hire at Woodlands despite the closure of the School. 4501 Oak Grove Parkway Brooklyn Park, MN 55443 both former Tile Hill Wood and Woodlands students are. 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