The school works in an atmosphere of order where consideration for others and respect for fellow students are the norm.

The school received an Ofsted inspection in December 2015 under the new framework and achieved a ‘good’ overall judgment, (see school website). The report details the excellent work of the school as we move towards becoming an outstanding school.  

We see it as our prime duty to ensure that students develop a love for learning and gain the best possible examination results. We also aim to assist students to develop spiritual and moral values and to think for themselves. The school is keen for staff to develop in their roles, and new ideas and initiatives are welcomed. 

Students are encouraged to take active responsibilities within the school, through the School Council, the Library, as members of various clubs and activities, and through the Prefect structure. They have achieved good success in fund-raising ventures for charity, and students readily give their support for evening functions. Student voice is a strong feature of the school: students’ opinions are valued and lie at the heart of our evaluation. 

We draw our students from Farncombe, Godalming and the surrounding rural area. The vast majority of our students walk to school and come from a wide socio-economic background. 

The school has a Speech and Language Resource with a planned admission of 6 pupils each year. The self-contained resource has four well-equipped rooms with its own specialist teachers, speech and language therapists and teacher assistants. The students are drawn from a wide area, to benefit from this specialist provision. The students are integrated into mainstream as appropriate.

The Greenshaw Learning Trust is a charitable company, limited by guarantee, with the sole purpose of maintaining and developing academy schools to provide comprehensive and inclusive education for the public benefit. Its schools are publicly funded by the Department for Education. The Trust has a record of working with a great many primary, secondary and special schools, locally and across the country, providing practical support to staff and students and delivering interventions to raise standards of teaching and learning and enable them to achieve their ambitions 

The Greenshaw Learning Trust provides an effective structure to ensure schools achieve real benefits from school-to-school collaboration and receive the support they need. Our culture of trust and openness fosters mutual support and continual improvement.   

Each school in the Trust is led by its own leadership team and local governing body, who have the backing of the Trust to help them achieve their objectives for their school. 

To learn more about the Trust, please click here.

Broadwater School is an 11-16 comprehensive school with approximately 530 students.  The size of the school helps to generate its distinctive ethos and atmosphere, where the individual is known and catered for.  Every student is important.

Broadwater is a lead school in Philosophy for Children (P4C) where we practise the skills of the 4Cs: critical, creative, collaborative and caring thinking, placing them at the heart of everything we do.  P4C is an approach to teaching and learning that highly challenges both students and teachers to think and question more deeply.  Our recent report from Sapere, the national body for P4C, commented;

“Broadwater School should be congratulated on becoming only the second secondary school in the UK to achieve Silver and now Gold award status.  The students and staff are an excellent model to other schools who aspire to embed the P4C approach.  Sapere wholeheartedly congratulates the school on this achievement and welcomes the school to showcase P4C and opportunities for continued collaborative work.”

• To deliver a holistic curriculum centred around Critical, Caring, Creative and Collaborative thinking (4Cs).
• To support every child to make exceptional progress.
• To create a highly motivated, ambitious and thoughtful community.

• an environment in which all individuals succeed
• opportunities to help individuals to take responsibility for their own learning
• the skills to enable individuals to meet the challenges of a changing world
• a community where an individual’s needs and strengths are recognised
• a community where there is mutual respect and value for the individual
• a safe, challenging and stimulating environment for learning
• a centre of learning for the students, staff and local community
• additional curricular opportunities and wider partnerships.

History and Ethos

Established in 1968, Broadwater School is a co-educational comprehensive school for students aged 11 – 16. On the smaller side, our current student population is approximately 530.

At Broadwater School we strive for excellence in every aspect of our work.  The idea contained in our school motto ‘By Increments Conquer’ sets out that students can achieve by breaking challenging tasks into more manageable chunks.  High expectations of our students, our staff and our relationships ensure that we are all able to achieve personal, social and academic success.

The school has developed a climate for learning and a sense of community in a friendly, encouraging and positive environment, hence our unique ethos:  "We care about our students and know their hopes, dreams and aspirations. We are a school in the community for the community."

Headteacher

Mrs Lizzi Matthews, BSc (Hons), PGCE

P4C School

P4C is an approach to teaching and learning that highly challenges both students and teachers to think and question more deeply.  At Broadwater we have embraced the 4Cs (Collaborative, Critical, Creative and Caring thinking) and place them at the heart of everything we do.

Broadwater was the second secondary school nationally to achieve a Gold Award from Sapere for our commitment and achievement in P4C and is a Lead P4C School.

Location

Broadwater School is situated between Godalming and Guildford in Surrey. The mainline station of Farncombe is 10 minutes’ walk from the school and is on the main Waterloo to Portsmouth line. On-site parking is available.

Facilities

Our modern and well-equipped school buildings are situated in spacious grounds with extensive sports facilities.  We have 2 all-weather pitches (one sand based and one water based), an up to date Fitness Suite and a Dance Studio. We have recently refurbished our Science Labs, have built a new ICT Suite (including the provision of laptops) and this year made a significant investment through the replacement of all school windows.

CPD

We are fully committed to our staff’s continuing professional development and offer a wide range of training opportunities. We support training at all levels to ensure progression, from NQT induction programmes all the way up to NPQH.

Ofsted

Inspection dates 15–16 December 2015

Overall effectiveness: GOOD

"Staff morale is high at the school. Staff were very positive about the recent improvements and changes leadership has brought about."  Ofsted January 2016 

Future

Our investment targets for the near future are: provision of a new 3G pitch, the resurfacing of our netball/tennis courts and the replacement and upgrading of our all-weather pitches.

Safeguarding

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expects all staff to share this commitment.