Woodlea Primary School

Mission:

Ready for life

Introduction

Woodlea is a thriving, vibrant and happy school where individuals are valued for themselves and all that they bring to our community. We aim to create a supportive and inclusive environment in which children are nurtured to achieve their full potential, enjoy learning and aim for excellence.

Parents are invited to join us as partners in our learning community and as part of our school family. We hope that the experiences and encouragement that we provide at

Woodlea will enable our pupils to move on to the next step in their lives confident and well-developed in body, mind and spirit.

In May 2017 we formally joined together with Bletchingley Primary School, Hamsey Green Primary School, Tatsfield Primary School and Warlingham School to create Tandridge Learning Trust.

Together we are committed to working together for the best possible outcomes for all children in every school. The partnership has allowed the opportunity for us to share best practice and support one another in developing our own schools in order to ensure the best possible outcomes for our students.

We are excited by the enthusiasm and talent each of our children bring to us every day and seek to celebrate this. We delight in musical, artistic and sporting achievements as well as academic success.

About The School

Woodlea Primary School is situated in a country setting in the village of Woldingham. The main building is a former country house, which has been adapted for school use with the addition of a hall, kitchen and cloakroom areas. The main building houses our reception and infant classes, library, ICT suite, offices and

staff room. The juniors are situated in a four class teaching block adjacent to the main building. The grounds provide a rich and varied environment including woods, environmental area and pond in addition to our new ‘Paddock’, a multi-use games area, and a trim trail. The nearby Glebe offers sporting facilities for team games and athletics.

Woodlea is a one form entry school, this means that there is one class per academic year. Maximum class sizes are 30 per class which means we have an overall total size of 210 children.

Woodlea was judged as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in February 2020.

Vision – Ready for Life

Our vision at Woodlea Primary School is to get every child Ready for Life. We don’t just prepare children for exams; through our three core aims, we seek to develop children holistically so that they are ready to face the wider world at secondary and beyond.

Aims

We achieve our Vision through our three core aims:

• Enable individual academic success
• Develop creative skills through broad learning experiences
• Foster an emotional understanding of ourselves and others

Values

We seek to achieve these aims by exhibiting our four school values. Children at Woodlea are:

• Respectful
• Caring
• Resilient
• Curious