Darrick Wood School
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Darrick Wood School is a secondary school in Orpington
, London Borough of Bromley
, United Kingdom
with a current roll of 1785 pupils. It is a larger than average comprehensive school for boys and girls aged 11–18 and was first opened in 1975. Since then it has grown immensely adding new buildings. At one end of the school there is a public sports centre and a swimming pool about 500 yards from the entrance that the school has access to. The school has recently been awarded Specialist Technology College and Harris Centre of Excellence status. It also has a highly successful Sixth Form, and HIU (hearing impaired unit). In its latest Ofsted inspection during April 2009 it achieved 'Outstanding', the highest grade attainable.
Being a Technology College, the school is equipped with facilities incorporating the latest technology that contribute to its pupil's success, including: electronic interactive whiteboard
s in all classrooms, six IT rooms, a library which houses a variety of both reference and fiction books as well as an additional IT room for private study, a Sixth Form Resource Centre with a reference library and an additional IT room exclusively for use by the Sixth Form, a music technology room, its own Sports and Fitness Centre as well as access to swimming pool facilities only 500 yards away. As of this year it is also now using a new cashless catering system which incorporates the use of biometric technology.
Orpington
Orpington is a suburban town and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bromley. It forms the southeastern edge of London's urban sprawl and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...
, London Borough of Bromley
London Borough of Bromley
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, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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with a current roll of 1785 pupils. It is a larger than average comprehensive school for boys and girls aged 11–18 and was first opened in 1975. Since then it has grown immensely adding new buildings. At one end of the school there is a public sports centre and a swimming pool about 500 yards from the entrance that the school has access to. The school has recently been awarded Specialist Technology College and Harris Centre of Excellence status. It also has a highly successful Sixth Form, and HIU (hearing impaired unit). In its latest Ofsted inspection during April 2009 it achieved 'Outstanding', the highest grade attainable.
Being a Technology College, the school is equipped with facilities incorporating the latest technology that contribute to its pupil's success, including: electronic interactive whiteboard
Interactive whiteboard
An interactive whiteboard , is a large interactive display that connects to a computer and projector. A projector projects the computer's desktop onto the board's surface where users control the computer using a pen, finger, stylus, or other device...
s in all classrooms, six IT rooms, a library which houses a variety of both reference and fiction books as well as an additional IT room for private study, a Sixth Form Resource Centre with a reference library and an additional IT room exclusively for use by the Sixth Form, a music technology room, its own Sports and Fitness Centre as well as access to swimming pool facilities only 500 yards away. As of this year it is also now using a new cashless catering system which incorporates the use of biometric technology.
Houses
Each yeargroup comprises ten forms. The main school is effectively split into two halves, the 'X' half and the 'Y' half. Until completion of Key Stage 3, pupils only share classes with other pupils from the same half. At GCSE, most classes contain pupils from both halves. Form groups are named after historical figures from the local area. The 'X' half comprises 'Boswell', 'Fry', 'Lubbock', 'Saunders' and 'Willett'. The 'Y' half comprises 'Crompton', 'Darwin', 'Hill', 'March' and 'Pitt'. This system does not apply to the Sixth Form, where instead form groups are identified more conventionally by the initials of their tutors.External links
- School Homepage
- Bromley Borough WebsiteCategory:Education in Bromley