A place to flourish
Boarding at The Grove provides a structured, supportive environment that promotes independence and personal growth. Our boarders enjoy the opportunity to be the best version of themselves, achieving academically alongside their co-curricular pursuits. Our whole school community fosters a strong sense of togetherness, helping all pupils develop resilience and lifelong friendships, but this is especially so within in our boarding family.
Best of both worlds
Surrounded by nature but close to convenience, Woodhouse Grove is located between two major Northern cities – Leeds and Bradford. This gives our boarders a superb balance of having a safe and secure campus but with easy access to vibrant city life and all the opportunities that offers.
- Leeds Bradford airport is within 10 minutes drive
- Manchester Airport is within a 1 hour drive
- Apperley Bridge has its own railway station just across the road from school, with direct access to Leeds.
Woodhouse Grove is a very special place to board so why not explore the school using our Virtual Tour. Or take a look at aerial footage of the campus from above…
Academic excellence
At Woodhouse Grove, academic standards remain consistently high. All boarders have access to supervised prep (homework) in the evenings and at weekends and the school also runs a large range of academic support clinics during and after the school day. Over 90% of our students got into their chosen university/apprenticeship. However, we are well aware that academic qualifications alone are not sufficient to guarantee success in the wider world. Maturity, confidence, versatility, self-discipline and self-motivation are all qualities needed to achieve full potential and boarding at Woodhouse Grove can provide a unique environment in which to develop these qualities.
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Here are the University Destinations of our recent leavers…
A caring family community
When a student joins Woodhouse Grove as a boarder, they become part of a warm, caring community, a true home-from-home. We take pride in upholding traditional values while fostering tolerance and understanding of the wider world. Our aim is to create an environment built on respect, integrity, and shared responsibility for everyone’s wellbeing.
Academic qualifications alone are not sufficient to guarantee success in the wider world. Maturity, confidence, versatility, self-discipline and self-motivation are all qualities needed to achieve their full potential and boarding at Woodhouse Grove can provide a unique environment in which to develop these qualities. Our boarders are confident and motivated, study hard, are comfortable expressing their opinions, take an active part in School life and have a keen interest in the wider world.
Boarders make friendships here that will last a lifetime. Our network of past pupils spans the globe and provides all Grovians with a valuable set of connections for the rest of their lives.
A breadth of opportunities
Boarders at the Grove are constantly provided with stimulating and challenging experiences. They may choose to play and practice music; research in the library; use the latest multi-media facilities; rehearse a play for public performance; play Sport for the School or local team; participate in one of our many exchange programmes; join a theatre or concert trip; work out in the fitness suite; swim lengths in the Jubilee pool or just relax and drink hot chocolate with friends in the House kitchens. At the weekend, we organise a full and varied entertainment programme for our boarders, including activities such as go-karting and paintballing, trips to nearby cities such as Manchester and York and visits to theme parks, the seaside and water sports centres.
Woodhouse Grove attracts boarders from all over the world; from Spain to Australia! The different cultures that make up our boarding community are very much celebrated. To demonstrate to our boarders how much they are valued and to help them feel at home at The Grove, we host bi-weekly international cuisine nights, enabling pupils to sample cuisine from the countries of their fellow boarders. We also host a wide range of cultural events and celebrations throughout the year.
