Each pupil, and importantly each parent, has an easy and defined focus for the problems that inevitably arise in the passage of any adolescent through school.

The strength of the system is the people in it, people who are encouraged to encourage, and who are perceptive in spotting difficulties as they start to arise. Molehills rarely become mountains.

Each Year 7 pupil is a member of Junior House whose staff are experienced at smoothing the transition from Junior to Senior School.

From Years 8 to Year 11 pupils belong to one of four day houses, whose housemaster or mistress is accessible to parents throughout the day and evening.

In Years 12 and 13, this role is taken on by the Head and Deputy Head of Sixth Form.

Yet by then the senior pupils will be taking responsibility for pastoral care. Every member of the Sixth Form is given the opportunity to take some kind of responsibility - whether it be with junior pupils as a Head or Deputy Head of House; or indirectly by responsibility for a particular area of School life.

It is a compliment to the ethos of the School that one of the most sought-after posts is that of Charity Co-ordinator.

We believe that Woodbridge is a school that cares not only about the people in it but, just as importantly, about the people outside.