Woodhouse College A GSG School Review
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What The Good Schools Guide says..
Not every 16-year-old is ideally suited to the self-motivation required by an academic sixth form college, but here high expectations are supported by a well-thought-out tutorial system and plenty of individual guidance. All creeds, colours, dress codes, hair colour, piercings welcome (well, maybe piercings not ‘welcome’, but they’re there). One student told us: ‘I never feel we are judged on anything here. We know grades matter, but that’s really it.’ Another student told us: ‘I’ve never been as happy as I am coming here. I used to…
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Woodhouse Road
London
N12 9EY - Head: Sugra Alibhai
- T 020 8445 1210
- F 020 8445 5210
- E admissions@woodhouse.ac.uk
- W www.woodhouse.ac.uk/
- Woodhouse College is a popular state sixth form college for boys and girls aged from 16 to 19 in London. Interested in an honest insight? Read the Woodhouse College review and find out more.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Barnet
- Pupils: 1,502
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Open days: November
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What the school says...
Woodhouse College is a highly popular and successful Sixth Form College on a pleasant campus in North London. Our success rates and A/B pass rates at A Level regularly put us in the top five colleges in England.
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Since 2021, Sugra Alibhai, also CEO of the newly established Frontier Learning Trust, comprising Woodhouse College and the new Imperial College London Mathematics School, which aims to open in 2023. Previously vice principal and head of sixth form at Isaac Newton Academy. Master’s degree in economics from Edinburgh.
Grew up in northwest London where she was acutely aware that her parents did not have the same opportunities as her. ‘My mum grew up in Uganda and she had to leave school at a young age because my grandfather had passed away. She needed to work. I see the power of education to change lives and having that perspective is why I got into teaching.’
Priority is given to applicants from two local partner secondary schools, The Archer Academy (around 70 places per year) and Friern Barnet (roughly 20...
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Subject results
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Special Education Needs
Additional Learning Support (ALS) is part of our policy of providing an excellent range of support services for students to facilitate the best possible learning environment. ALS is extra help available to any student who has a different or additional learning need. This can include individual study support; dyslexia screening and assessment; assistive technology; and access arrangements. We also deliver cross-college workshops and events on study skills, personal statement writing, exam skills and a peer mentoring programme
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder |
Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment |
Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty |
Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing |
|
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes |
Y |
| PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability |
Y |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
|
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma |
Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication |
|
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP) |
|
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) |
Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment |
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