Woodstock Partnership of Schools

Woodstock Partnership of Schools

The Marlborough and catchment primary schools work together to ensure that Year 6 to 7 transition is planned carefully so that Year 6 pupils feel secure and confident when they transfer to secondary school. It is also important for parents to feel well informed and to build relationships with their child's new school.

We run a number of activities together that are often supported by pupils at the Marlborough such as sporting activities like our 2012 Partnership Olympics supported by Marlborough School Sports Leaders. These activities are coordinated via the Partnership Pupil Parliament (PPP). Pupil voice activity allows young people from all of our Partnership schools to meet and develop learning activities and special events.

A very successful charity enterprise activity is part of our transition programme when pupils in Year 6 plan and lead fund raising activities for charities that each school has selected to support and which are then also supported by our Year 7 pupils. Pupils in our partnership primary schools know our school well by the time they enter Year 7. Our teachers also meet for collaborative professional development activities, for example our Maths and English teachers have met to discuss L6 standards in Maths and English. Partnerships are very important to us.