Woldgate College

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Woldgate College
Established	1958
Type	Secondary School and Sixth Form College
Headteacher	Mr. J. Bower
Location	Kilnwick Road Pocklington East Riding of Yorkshire England
Ofsted number	118081
Students	1354
Ages	11 to 18
Website	http://www.woldgate-college.org.uk/

Woldgate College is a school and sixth form college in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The Headteacher is Mr. J. Bower.

Around 1400 pupils attend the college. New developments in recent years have been a fence around the school to keep pupils in and patrols out of the school to prevent people from truanting or going into Pocklington for lunch.

The school was also awarded special status and received a grant for developments in the area of "Performing Arts". A new music block was built, with hi-tech equipment such as a music studio, a dance studio, over 30 computers and numerous practice rooms.

Its library has been converted into a room for homework help and computer access.

The RE rooms as they were from 1972-1994 are now a gymnasium, containing the very latest in keep-fit equipment, including a digital de-flabulator and a collection of dumbells made from vulcanised rubber.

The school gained notoriety in 2003 when a group of youths committed an arson attack against the technology building.^[1] Local police reacted with little surprise, as there had been a lot of arson about.