Woodrush High School

Woodrush High School
Address
Map
Shawhurst Lane


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B47 5JW

Coordinates52°23′18″N 1°52′43″W / 52.3882°N 1.8787°W / 52.3882; -1.8787
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoExcellence through Endeavour
Established1958 (1958)
School districtBromsgrove and Redditch
Local authorityWorcestershire
Department for Education URN136924 Tables
OfstedReports
ChairProfessor Stuart Brand
HeadteacherJ Barber
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1008
Capacity1020
Sixth form students100
HousesBrindley, Cadbury, Eliot and Lanchester
Colour(s)   Black and Green
Websitehttp://www.woodrush.org

Woodrush High School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the parish of Wythall in the English county of Worcestershire.[1]

Woodrush High School offers GCSEs, BTECs and Cambridge Nationals as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs. As of 2018, the school also started enrolling higher ability students onto the Mandarin Excellence programme.

As of the most recent Ofsted inspection published in April 2024,[2] the school has 1008 enrolled pupils of its 1020 capacity, 100 of whom are in the Sixth Form. As of the latest full inspection, published January 2019,[3] the school were graded overall 'good' with 'outstanding' leadership and management and 'outstanding' development, behaviour, and welfare.

The schools catchment area closely matches the Wythall Parish Council area boundary, with the exception of a c.3.75 square kilometer area around Forhill and Redhill Road, and a smaller area at Weatheroak Hill.[4]

  1. ^ "Woodrush High School".
  2. ^ "Inspection of a good school: Woodrush High School" - from 23rd and 24th of April 2024 - https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50247889
  3. ^ "Woodrush Community High School" - from 11th and 12th December 2018 - https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50050068
  4. ^ "Woodrush High School - Admissions". 3 March 2024. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.