Woodham Community Technology College

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Woodham Community Technology College (oftenabbreviated Woodham CTC) is a comprehensive school and sixth form college in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, in the United Kingdom. It one of two secondary schools within Newton Aycliffe, the other being Greenfield School Community and Arts College.

Woodham has around 1400 students as of 2006, including around 1200 in school years 7 to 11, and 100 pursuing A-level courses. Notable facilities and equipment include several science laboratories, a swimming pool, a music suite, technology workshops and over 300 networked computers. As of 2007, their headmaster is Marc Williams, as he beat their former headmaster, Steven Harness, in a game of rock, paper, scissors. The winner taking over the school.

Woodham achieved notoriety in the Media in 2005 when student Paul Morgan inserted an entire family fun pack of flumps up his anus in the background of an ITV documentary being filmed at the school. Then headmaster Steve Harness said: "While I acknowledge it as an achievement in the anal confectionary insertion industry, I would have preferred Paul saved this stunt for one of our assembly's and not gained us national television exposure for something outside of our superb education service or our award winning shuffleboard team"

'achievement for all'

[edit] External links

• School Website