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Welcome to
The Weald
Community School and Sixth Form
The Weald is a warm and friendly school where our ethos is that everyone is valued and has a vital role to play to make it an excellent place to learn, grow and thrive.
Our Ethos
Opportunity
Our school ethos is about opportunity and community: we want everyone in our community (students, staff, parents/carers and governors) to work together harmoniously towards excellence by grasping opportunities within a supportive environment.
Our Ethos
Community
Our school ethos is about opportunity and community: we want everyone in our community (students, staff, parents/carers and governors) to work together harmoniously towards excellence by grasping opportunities within a supportive environment.
A message from the
Headteacher
The Weald is a warm and friendly school where our ethos is that everyone is valued and has a vital role to play to make it an excellent place to learn, grow and thrive. Our vision is summed up in two words: Opportunity and Community.
Sarah Edwards
About Our
School Houses
The school is structured into six houses: Attenborough, Blackman, DaVinci, Mercury, Seacole, Thompson. Each has a non-teaching Head of House available for supporting students and parents. A house is typically made up of approximately 10 tutor groups. Year 11 have dedicated tutors; other tutor groups comprise 5-7 students from each year group, 7 through to 10.
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School Events
Fantastic community
“We feel very privileged that our children are part of such a fantastic community”
Parent comment
Proud
“I feel very proud and honoured to go to The Weald”
A Year 8 student
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School News
The Weald School & Sixth Form College is delighted to announce another enormously successful year for our students who took A-level and NVQ
Top grades are in line with our best ever results, with a slight increase in those at the highest end: 13% of students achieved A*s, compared with 12% in 2024, and 37% achieved As or higher, matching last year’s figure. These outcomes place us, yet again, well above the national average...
Ofsted Inspection report
We are pleased to be able to share with you the report from our recent Ofsted inspection. It is important to note that the inspectorate made a change to their framework at the start of this academic year by removing the ‘overall effectiveness’ grade, so that schools no longer recei...
The Weald School Open Evening
Thursday 18 September 2025
5.00-8.00pm
Headteacher presentations in the School Hall at 5.30pm, 6.15pm & 7.00pm (there is no need to book)
Meet The Tutor & Welcome Evening
Meet the Tutor - Monday 22 September
Y7 Presentation in the Sports Hall 4.00pm & 5.00pm
Y11 Presentation in the School Hall 4.00pm & 5.00pm
Y12 Presentation in the Sixth Form Centre 4.00pm & 5.00pm
Y7 & 11 Tutors, and various departments will be available to speak to in Eblock. Y12 Tutors will be available in G rooms
Welcome Evening – Thursday 25 September
Y8 Presentation in the School Hall - 5.30pm
Y9 Presentation in the Sports Hall - 6.00pm
Y10 Presentation in the School Hall - 6.30pm