page_title: Woodhouse Grove School
section_title: Current school
hierarchical_section_title: Woodhouse Grove School / Current school
caption_attribution_description: Leeds Liverpool Canal
context_page_description: Woodhouse Grove School is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding public school and Sixth Form. it is located to the north of Apperley Bridge, West Yorkshire, England. The school, and its preparatory junior school, Brontë House, is located in the Aire Valley. There are approximately 1,000 students on roll, currently including around 90 boarders.
  The school was founded as an all-boys boarding preparatory institution, for the sons of Methodist Ministers. It developed over the latter part of the 20th century. Woodhouse Grove has evolved into an independent education centre, providing education from the age of three through to graduation from the sixth form.
  Although a Christian school, Woodhouse Grove accepts children from other religions or children with no declared religious affiliations. The school offers academic and sixth form scholarships, bursaries for HM Forces families, clergy families and sixth form, music awards, sport awards and financial assistance for siblings.
context_section_description: The school consists of three symbiotic parts:
  Ashdown Lodge (Nursery) — situated quarter of a mile from the Grove, is the Early Years department of Woodhouse Grove, for pre-school children aged between three and five. The nursery provides full day and part-time morning or afternoon sessions and is open all year except during the Christmas period. It also provides after-school care, and a local holiday play scheme.
  Brontë House (Junior) — for children aged between five and eleven is also a quarter of a mile from the Grove. Recent SATs results at ages seven and eleven regularly state Brontë House to be one of the top junior schools of the region, and there is automatic promotion to the Woodhouse Grove senior school. The headmaster of Brontë school is Simon Dunn. In 2014 there are 331 pupils registered as attending Brontë House.
  Woodhouse Grove (Secondary and sixth form) — has facilities that include a sports and performing arts complex, and boarding accommodation.
  The school has a broad intake, high academic standards and good examination results. The effectiveness of sporting facilities has provided county and national representatives. There is a commitment to local community services and fund-raising activities.
  The school has received financial investment over the last 15 years which has improved facilities. The Sports Hall and theatre complex was built in 2003 which was then followed by the addition of a Music and Performing Arts centre in 2009. A 25m competition pool Jubilee Swimming pool was completed at the time of the school's 200th year founding anniversary. 'The Grainge' is an all-weather pitch named after Old Grovian George "Leslie" Grainge who was at the school in the 1920s and later went on to be a professional Rugby player.
caption: Leeds & Liverpool canal, just south of the school playing field
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