Woodfield is a friendly and welcoming school. Pupils work in small groups with a team of adults. These adults take the time to get to know pupils exceptionally well. Adults take every opportunity, such as chatting over break and lunchtimes, to form strong, positive and trusting relationships. Pupils appreciate this and say that their teachers understand them. Leaders pay serious attention to pupils’ academic achievement as well as to their social development. By the time they leave the school, pupils have achieved a range of suitable qualifications. In addition, pupils become better at managing their emotions. All of this means that ever-increasing numbers of pupils are well prepared for their next steps. The atmosphere in school is typically calm and orderly. Pupils do sometimes struggle to manage their emotions and can display challenging behaviours. When this happens, staff respond promptly, calmly and patiently. Many pupils enjoy coming to school. They like earning points and rewards for demonstrating the school values of effort, respect and ambition. There are a growing number of extra-curricular clubs. Pupils make good use of these. They include a boxing club, art club and a recently introduced GCSE revision club.