Boarding
Boarders form a vital part of the community at Woodbridge School, where everyone supports and learns from each other. Our co-educational Boarding House is a true home from home for students joining us for full and weekly boarding, blending our ethos of academic excellence with a friendly family environment.
Boarding at Woodbridge
At Woodbridge, we offer a true home-from-home boarding experience. With just 60 beds, our co-ed boarding house is a close-knit, family style community.
Students from around the world from Years 7-13 live and learn together, fully immersed and integrated in to school life and British culture. Weekends are fun and vibrant, with a balance of study, activities, and shared experiences that build lifelong friendships.
Meet the Head of Boarding
I believe our boarders can achieve exceptional things and thrive within our community. At Woodbridge School, every student is nurtured and cared for, and boarders are a vital part of School life.
What makes us unique is the way our boarders genuinely engage with both the School and the wider Woodbridge community – a safe, historic, and quintessentially British riverside town. With the right support and opportunities, our students flourish, achieve, and enjoy their time here – becoming the very best version of themselves. 
Adam Gunn
Head of Boarding
School House
Characterful, historic and located in the heart of the school campus, School House is home for our boarders and offers students a comfortable, modern and secure place to live, work and thrive.
Boarding life
While boarding students are fully integrated into daily life at Woodbridge School, they benefit from more structure than most thanks to their on-site ‘family’ at School House. With time for work, study, sports, socialising and relaxation, a boarder’s schedule allows them to live life to the full.
Meet our Boarders
Our brilliant boarders come from all over the world, we have over 12 nationalities at one time living and learning together in School House. Hear from them directly and read their stories about their experiences of Woodbridge School.
Languages at Woodbridge School
Language teaching is one of the strengths of Woodbridge School and students in Year 7 and 8 start with Mandarin, French and Spanish in their timetables, with the opportunity to take those languages as a GCSE and at A level. Our staff speak a diverse range of fluent languages including Mandarin, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Polish, Japanese, Hebrew, Russian, Lithuanian and Afrikaans to name just a few.
Our full time Mandarin Teacher has been teaching Mandarin at Woodbridge School for over 10 years and our resident Assistant Head of Boarding is an English Teacher supporting boarders with additional EAL workshops in the evenings. All our staff promote cultural understanding across our whole student body while and boarders have the chance to experience other cultures while cherishing their own.
Information for agents and international students
We have an excellent network of agents from around the world who place students at Woodbridge School. Relevant information and resources can be found here for agents looking to enquire and apply to Woodbridge School on behalf of an international student.
Want to see for yourself?
In addition to our open days, we welcome visits from parents and children looking for the right foundation for life ahead. We’ll be happy to show you around and answer any questions you have about our School, staff and the support we offer our students.