Wychwood School

The entrepreneurial spirit is cultivated in every pupil as they are encouraged to question, innovate, and create, paving the way for breakthrough ideas and game-changing solutions. Wychwood educates for life; for the real, modern, and contemporary life, whilst fostering a love for lifelong learning.

From the moment a pupil arrives at Wychwood, staff are highly experienced in supporting pupils’ strengths and weaknesses, offering support and challenge accordingly. Wychwood offers a very broad range of subjects and at GCSE and A Level, Wychwood attains significantly over the national average. Pupilsgo on to achieve and take up positions at a wide range of institutions including Oxbridge, Russel group universities, and prestigious Art universities such as Central Saint Martins and Falmouth.

Wychwood’s Head, Jane Evans, has certainly made her mark during her time at Wychwood, with her proactive commitment to the ever-changing demands of education. The introduction of Wychwood’s Elective programme provided exciting new opportunities for pupils across wide and diverse learning experiences beyond the traditional curriculum. The elective programme empowered pupils to choose what they would like to part take in and allowed them to explore new and captivating material. The programme is designed to nurture higher order skills such as metacognition and critical thinking, essential for holistic development in today’s dynamic world.

Pastoral care is at the core of Wychwood’s ethos, and boarders are provided with a secure, safe, and happy community where they can learn effectively, enjoy social time with their friends and have the freedom to grow and mature as individuals. Form tutors and progress tutors are in place to support pupils and monitor academic progress as well as their pastoral care.

Wychwood strives to develop pupils with a global conscience by providing a myriad of opportunities from hosting international immersion group visits (including a reciprocal trip to Peru) to hosting a Beyond COP21 symposium and an inaugural Peace Education conference covering core issues related to Target 4.7 of the UN Sustainable Development goals. These initiatives form part of Wychwood’s commitment to providing opportunities for pupils to share in each other’s lives and to open their minds to international perspectives.