In March and April 2023, the Senior Provost had the privilege of visiting our two overseas Woodard schools in Kenya and Sri Lanka. Both are keen to reestablish links that might have been lost during the pandemic.
We received an overwhelming number of entries for the Woodard Christmas Card Competition 2025. Schools from across the Woodard family fielded Christmas cards entries and we are hugely grateful to all of you who were able to participate.
Nathaniel Woodard saw his mission as the transforming of society through education based on sound Christian principles. Society – and the Church – needs good theology. Serving the wider theological academy must surely be part of our mission today. To that end, a large group of Year 10 and Year 12 pupils from our schools across the North West converged on Crompton House Church of England School in Oldham in June for an Oxbridge Theology & Religion taster day and masterclass.
Denstone turned 150 in June. The Big Birthday Party concluded with a celebratory Eucharist in the College Chapel. These are extracts from the sermon preached by the Senior Provost.