Amazing evening for our Sports Awards. So lovely to see so many students receiving colours, medals and trophies for their outstanding achievements in sport. Thank you Mr Syers our inspirational guest speaker #sportsawards #onwardsandupwards

Macmillan coffee morning in the staff room today. Not much left now but lots of money raised so far. Well done DWS staff.

A big thank you to Leo Ulph BBC Upload and BBC Kent for broadcasting DWS AUDIO drama 'Murder in the Tower Block' this week. Congratulations to all involved. Darrick Wood School is really proud of you.

Open Evening Wednesday, 5th October. Head Teacher talks at 6.30pm and 7.30pm. Meet our staff and students and see why a Darrick Wood education is so sought after.

The Open Evening countdown begins. Doors open at 6pm. The Head Teacher and students will speak at 6.30 and 7.30pm. Tours available 6-9pm. Thank you to all students and staff for what is always a very busy but enjoyable and successful evening.

Check out our upcoming webinars this month for young people! Screens and audio are off, so the only thing we ask you to share is in the chat if you feel comfortable ☺️ #anxiety #depression #MentalHealthAwareness

Final night of Oliver. Three amazing shows. Acting, singing, music, sign language - it had it all! Well done students and staff. Another fantastic Darrick Wood School Production.

More new episodes of our #audiodrama ROUGH DIAMONDS on Leo Ulph BBC Kent BBC Upload this week, starting on Monday at 9pm. Congratulations to all Darrick Wood School students involved.

5 wins on the bounce for the 1XI after today's win against RavensbournePE. Boys are playing for each other and getting better each week. Some big games before Christmas that will likely define our season Kent Schools FA Darrick Wood School

We are attending the Darrick Wood School secondary school pathways event this evening. Come find out about teaching as a career, either for your children, or parents/carers.

The March snow tried to cause problems, but we persevered and still held Year 9 Options Evening - the result was probably the best turnout ever, and lots of positive feedback from parents and students. Options forms need to be completed by 27th March.

We are proud to announce that Charlie P has won the English Schools Championships in the Junior Boys Pole Vault! Charlie, who holds the year 9 100m record, also picked up a bronze medal in the 4x100m! Darrick Wood School

It was wonderful to welcome parents of our new Year 7 pupils starting with us in September to our information evening tonight. We hope you found out all you needed to know but please contact us with any further questions.

Congratulations to all our Year 13 students. A fantastic set of results overall and we wish our leavers all the very best for the future.

German flag flying on Tuesday to celebrate reunification 3rd October 1990. We teach German in Years 7-13 and love the fact that so many of our students gain GCSEs in a modern foreign language.

We enjoyed a fantastic Open Evening on Thursday, probably one of our busiest yet. As ever, we have received some really lovely feedback, especially about our wonderful student guides and subject ambassadors.

What a day! U12 girls beat Kingston 4-1 in English Schools' Football Association U16 girls beat Royal Alexandra 3-1 in English Schools' Football Association U13 boys beat RavensbournePE 2-1 in BromleyDistrict SFA More games to be played this week and further rounds reached Darrick Wood School

Delighted to learn that more 'Rough Diamonds' are to be broadcast on @bbcradiokent and @bbcupload tomorrow night (Thursday) between 6 - 8pm. Many thanks to Leo Ulph for supporting the work of our talented Darrick Wood School students