Woodland House

Woodland House was one of the FOUR original houses (along with Burnett, Lambdin and Ottrey), formed in 1921. The other houses (Burgess, Warwick, Allen and Ford) were not formed until 1959.

It is named after Private L F Woodland of the Royal Field Artillery, an old boy of the schol who died in the Great War on 21st March 1918, a mere 8 months before the end of World War One. Incidentally, You can visit his grave at Pozieres in France, (according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission his is panel 7-10).

It is in his honour that we carry the House name. Of course, The House system has been under great scrutiny in recent years, in 1972 Windsorian Jeremy Crump wrote “As it stands the House System is harmless as long, as there is no compulsion on the boys to participate” (courtesy of The WIndsor Boys’ School, first ninety years, AG Brown). However, in Woodland House we promote as much participation as possible and with a range of activities can really make a huge statement about our House and the willingness of our lads to get involved. It may be a cliche, but it could never be more apt, It is never about the winning or the losing, it is all about the taking part.

Of course being in Woodland House is not simply about being ”good at sport” or a “Musician of the Year”. Being in Woodland House is all about providing our boys with something to identify with, within such a huge school, building up relationships on a smaller scale.

Vertical tutoring has ensured smaller tutor groups and a greater attachment to our outstanding form tutors. It is this relationship which really underpins life at Windsor Boys’ and in Woodland House we certainly aim to be a key piece of our outstanding jigsaw.    

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