Game On! Check Out Our Sports Timetable

Our updated Sports Extra-Curricular Timetable is here and it’s packed with lots of exciting opportunities to get active, build skills, and be part of a team!

Whether you're into football, basketball, badminton, rugby, or dodgeball, there’s something for everyone - before and after school.

Join us, challenge yourself, and experience the Poly spirit through sport!

On Friday 26^th September, Year 11 Historians headed to the Globe Theatre. As part of their AQA GCSE, our Historians will be asked their largest mark question, all about the Globe. This could focus on its history, its design, or reasons for the development of the theatre in Elizabethen England. Students took part in a tour of the Globe which was followed by a workshop tailored to their exam board, AQA. Through the analysis of 16^th century maps and reports from Londoners at the time, our Year 11s walked away with secure knowledge of how and why theatres developed in the period but why specifically at the site where the Globe Theatre now stands. 

Thankfully, too, the location of the Globe Theatre was a stone's throw away from the replica of Sir Francis Drakes' ship, the Golden Hinde, giving our Historians another opportunity to visit an aspect of the Elizabethan course, discussing Drake's circumnavigation and the growth of exploration under Elizabeth I. 

Visitors to Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys Open Evening will gain a true sense of the exciting journey that awaits them here.

Music: Enjoy live trumpet and trombone performances and get hands-on with our music technology to create your own sound.

PE: Discover the full range of sports opportunities through dynamic demonstrations from our PE department.

Art: Try your hand at edible still life painting.

Science: Experience thrilling experiments that bring science to life.

Citizenship: Join live debates and see how we nurture confident, thoughtful voices.

You will also have the chance to meet our incredible teachers, whose warmth and expertise shine through in every conversation.

Information will be available on SEND support, stretch and challenge programs, and our rich extra-curricular offer – because Woolwich Poly is more than just a school.

Headteacher Talks:

• First Talk: 5.45pm
• Second Talk: 6.30pm

We look forward to welcoming you!

Please note the following adjustments to the school schedule:

Thursday 2nd October 2025
School will finish early, with dismissal from 2:40pm.

Friday 3rd October 2025
There will be a late start for both staff and pupils.

Pupil Schedule – Friday 3rd October:

Years 7–12

• Arrival: 10:10am
• AM Registration: 10:15 - 10:30am
• Period 2: 10:30 - 11:05am
• Break: 11:05 - 11:25am, followed by lessons as normal

Year 13

• Arrival: 10:15am
• AM Registration: 10:15 - 10:25am
• Period 2: 10:25 - 11:25am, followed by lessons as normal

Thank you for your cooperation. Please ensure your child is aware of these changes and arrives at the correct time.

Missed your child’s flu vaccine?
If your child is aged 4 - 16 and lives or attends school in the borough of Greenwich, there’s still time to catch up!

The South London Children and Young People's Community Immunisation Service is running flu catch-up clinics throughout September, October, November and December 2025 at various local venues including:

📍 Clockhouse Community Centre
📍 Waterways Children’s Centre
📍 Charlton Family Centre
📍 Greenwich West Community Centre
📍 New Eltham Library
📍 Lee Green Fire Station
📍 Waverly Scouts Hall
📍 Holy Trinity, Eltham

No appointment? No problem!
Call 020 3903 3345 or scan the QR code on the flyer to book or get more info.

We are delighted to announce that the Regional Director at the Department for Education has approved our significant change request to establish a Local Authority Resourced Provision (LARP) Satellite Provision. This new provision will serve as an extension of the existing LARP currently based at and operated by Woolwich Polytechnic School (WPS) and is scheduled to commence in 2026. The proposed expansion will increase the total LARP capacity from 15 to 45 pupils, with the additional 30 places delivered via a new satellite site. This approval is conditional upon further consultation prior to the opening of the provision as a single-sex Satellite LARP, as the initial consultation was conducted on the basis of a co-educational model.

The consultation period runs from Monday 8th September to Friday 3rd October 2025 and allows anyone with an interest (for example parents, other schools and the local community) to comment on the proposal for the satellite LARP to open as a single-sex (all male) provision rather than a co-educational one.

You can comment by emailing consultation@woolwichpoly.co.uk