It is an honour and a privilege to be able to welcome you to Woodhey High School.

Everything we do at Woodhey us underpinned by your two core values: Respect and Excellence. We believe in the importance of respect for all, regardless of background, and the belief and willingness to strive for excellence to ensure everyone can achieve their very best. We want our students to be able to compete with the elite from across the country and be fully prepared for life after school.

Academic excellence is vital to improving the life chances of our students, and we make no apologies for putting this at the heart of all we do. Students are supported to learn challenging knowledge across a range of subjects that will allow them to achieve academic success. However, we understand that school is about more than just lessons, and work together as a team to make school enjoyable and bring learning to life through trips, visits, guest speakers and extracurricular activities.

We have high standards and expectations in all that we do, as we know that it is only with such high standards and expectations that true success can be achieved. We are fortunate to benefit from a supportive community of students, school staff and parents and carers who work together to ensure our high standards and expectations are met and provide support where this is needed.

Mr D Watson

Headteacher

Across the Trust we pride ourselves on our innovative approach to curriculum design. We want our pupils, regardless of their starting points and barriers, to believe their curriculum is bold, exciting, purposeful, and ultimately leads to something meaningful for them.

We constantly seek to innovate and provide better opportunities to develop both knowledge and skills for life. This innovation comes in many forms, including extending school days to provide a world-class enrichment programme and additional opportunities for essential skills development; the introduction of vocational and technical pathways to develop work readiness in our pupils, supported by leading employers and universities; co-constructing curriculum across all EBacc subjects, to create world class programmes, rich in knowledge and skills; We are also driving PedTech across the sector, focusing on fully digitally enhanced curriculum and close to 1:1 device delivery.

We are currently at an exciting point in our evolution, with collaboration at the heart of our endeavour. We value the 'power of the pack' and strive as a collective, ensuring no school or colleague is left behind.

We take an evidence-informed approach to developing the quality of our teaching and learning and value a non-hierarchical, supportive approach to developing great teachers.

This approach has led to a significant reduction in workload, meaning colleagues can spend more time on curriculum delivery and fostering strong relationships with pupils.

As a people-focused trust, we consider the professional development of our staff as a fundamental responsibility. Where any schools face any barrier, it has the mutual support of the others to call upon for subject specific or general support. Our directors have a wealth of leadership experience and subject knowledge and support staff across the trust to design and the deliver the very best academic experience to our pupils.

We are part of Shaw Education Trust.

We are a growing multi-academy trust which places high achievement at the heart of all we do. We lead and manage academies in all phases, all sectors and in all communities.

To find out more about Shaw Education Trust, please click here