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Woodhouse Grove is an independent co-educational boarding and day school for children from 11 to 18 years of age. Located between Leeds and Bradford, the Grove is set in a 70 semi-rural campus in the picturesque Aire valley, close to the major airports of Leeds/Bradford and Manchester and in close proximity to the major rail and motorway networks.
Founded in 1812 by the Methodist Conference, the Grove is divided into three sections: Ashdown Lodge for 3l to 5 year old children, Brontë House for 5 to 11 and Woodhouse Grove for 11 to 18 year olds: pupils may board from 8 years old. We offer continuity of learning from nursery through to the threshold of career. With 750 pupils in senior school, we are large enough to provide a full curriculum and wide range of activities under the guidance of well-qualified teachers but small enough for each pupil to be known well and to make their mark.
Our academic results are outstanding with 93.5% pass rate at grades A – C at GCSE and 100% pass rate at A level. But The Grove is not an academic 'hothouse', we strive to fulfil the potential of every child, not only through academic subjects but through culture, sport and the arts. Our facilities include a state of the art sports centre which gives children the opportunity to be involved in an extensive variety of sports in addition to the traditional sports of rugby, netball and cricket. Our extensive outdoor facilities include brand new floodlit macadam tennis and netball courts, which, as well as tennis and netball, can be used for five-a-side soccer and general sports training.
Equally, the Grove has an excellent reputation for the quality of its drama and music and is dedicated to providing the best opportunities for pupils who want to be involved in the performing arts. The music department has re-located to a new building with state-of-the-art facilities including a recording studio, recital room, drum room and dance studio thus allowing us to offer a wider range of instrumental tuition, orchestras and choirs. The recent re-development of the gymnasium into a purpose designed theatre with state-of-the-art lighting, sound, flexible performance space and rehearsal areas, enables our pupils to further develop the more specialist skills required for drama and music productions and allows a greater variety of performances to be staged.
Our boarding facilities are outstanding and have been recently improved with the completion of a new £1.5m senior boy’s boarding house which offers 44 twin study bedrooms with en-suite facilities, lounges and games rooms. Boarders have a range of weekend activities organised for them including trips to the cinema, shopping, paint balling, adventure weekends as well as evening activities during the week. We also run an Overseas Integration Policy which is a scheme to help newly arrived overseas pupils get to know their new surroundings and 'housemates' and to integrate them into the school community more effectively.
We hope that our pupils will go in to a world of opportunity with the confidence born of achievement in the range of activities open to them and with the strength of character developed by their sustained exposure to challenges and experiences in a caring and secure setting.
All airport travel is escorted. Bursaries and scholarships are available.
Please take a look at our website and make an appointment to have a look around. We will be delighted to welcome you.
DC Humphreys
Headmaster
Age range: 11 - 18
Day pupils: 472 boys and 292 girls
Annual day fees: £9,675 - £9,930
Weekly boarding pupils: 9 boys and 7 girls
Annual weekly boarding fees: £17,970 - £18,240
Full boarding pupils: 48 boys and 33 girls
Annual full boarding fees: £19,740 - £19,740
This school offers flexi-boarding.
TOTAL PUPILS: 529 boys and 332 girls, including 114 boys and 62 girls in the 6th form
Staff numbers: 56 full time and 20 part time
Method of entry: Common Entrance, Entry test or exam, Interview
Accreditations and affiliations: HMC, ISC
Religious affiliation: Methodist
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The school offers: Other bursaries, Clergy/Ministers, Academic, Armed forces discounts or bursaries, Art, Junior school entry, Siblings, Music, Senior school entry, Boarding, All-rounder, 6th Form, Sport
Exam boards: Edexcel Foundation, AQA, OCR, AS Level, GCSE
% pass rate at grades A* to C (exams at age 16): 95%% pass rate (exams at age 18): 100%
22 courses are offered for age 18 exams
100% of pupils went on to Higher Education or took a Gap Year
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