Bulmershe School is a coeducational comprehensive school located in Woodley, Berkshire.

History

Building work completed in 2016 on the construction of a new school building housing a 392-seat auditorium, six classrooms with computer workstations and a new sixth form area. The Bulmershe Auditorium includes a 392-seat theatre (equipped with professional audio-visual equipment), a sixth-form centre, meeting rooms, a reception area, and administrative offices. ^[1]

The Bulmershe School was rated as a good school by the Office for Standards in Education OFSTED, following an inspection in November 2017. ^[2]

The head teacher is Amanda Woodfin, who became Acting Headteacher on 1 September 2017 ^[3] and joined the school in January 2013. ^[4]

In 2018 work started on a new sports centre and swimming pool owned by Places Leisure. This has replaced the old "Bulmershe Leisure Centre", although the school and leisure centre are different. ^[5]

There were 1,215 students on roll at the time of the 2019 school census. The majority of the students come from Woodley and Earley.

References

External links

• The Bulmershe School website
• The Bulmershe Community Association website
• School overview from Schoolsfinder
• DFES statistics
• Record of success at Bulmershe School^{[ permanent dead link]}
• BBC News profile of The Bulmershe School
• 2004 OFSTED report
• 2008 OFSTED report
• 2017 OFSTED report
• Bulmershe Gym Club
• Bulmershe BBC report 2017

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