Welcome to our school’s website, I hope that you enjoy looking through our pages and finding out a little bit more about our school. If you are in the area, you are more than welcome to come and have a look around so you can experience first-hand some of the exciting and creative learning that takes place at Woodcote. If you are not able to visit, then we hope that this website will give you a flavour of our school.

Our dedicated staff respect the children’s individuality and ensure that they have opportunities to develop in all areas of learning through a balanced, creative curriculum. Every term, each class leads an assembly where they share their learning with the school.

We are thrilled to have been awarded the Achievement for All Quality Mark status and be accredited as a Route to Resilience School. The work that has gone into achieving these awards has impacted upon all of the children across the school. By working together with families, we have given more children positive experiences of school which has helped to develop confidence and well-being, as well as ensuring that the children have made progress in all areas of their learning. Being part of these programmes has helped us to prepare the children for life with a positive attitude towards learning.

We have a Special Educational Needs Resource Hub, Cherry Blossom House, attached to our school which supports up to ten children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs. The Hub enables children to learn within a safe and secure environment, enabling access the mainstream curriculum where they are able to. The children within Cherry Blossom House have a high ratio of adults to children and carry out focused work towards their Education, Health and Care Plan outcomes. For more information about our Hub, please contact the school and we will happily answer any questions that you may have.

You can also follow us on Twitter @woodcoteschool or visit our Facebook page ‘Woodcote Ashby’.

Mrs S. Jones

Headteacher

At Woodcote Primary School we follow a Creative Curriculum in order to inspire our children. This means that rather than teaching individual subjects, wherever possible subjects are linked together in topics. We teach all National Curriculum statutory subjects – English, Maths, Science, ICT, History, Geography, Art, Design Technology, PE, Music and  Religious Education. In addition we teach Personal Social and Health Education (PSHE) and French throughout the school. Children are given opportunities to be creative and develop all areas of the curriculum.

Our dedicated staff respect the children’s individuality and ensure that they have opportunities to develop in all areas of learning through a balanced, creative curriculum. Every Friday morning a class lead an assembly where they share their learning with the school; parents and grandparents are also invited in to watch their child’s assembly

We encourage our children to ‘rise to the challenge’, to persevere and to try their best. This is demonstrated through our Wonderful Woodcote Work Awards and Brilliant Behaviour Awards. The children love receiving their ‘smiles’ and ‘stars’. Once they have completed a row, they come to share their good news with me and help me to send a text to their parents to celebrate. We share these successes with the whole school on a Monday morning.

We believe in working in partnership with our parents and carers. By working together we are giving the children the best opportunities to succeed. We will always listen carefully to feedback, taking on board suggestions and comments.

"Woodcote Primary School is a friendly and welcoming place to learn. The school’s aims of ‘believing and achieving’ are woven through all that the school does. The majority of parents are happy with the school. Typical comments include ‘Woodcote is such a caring school. I cannot praise this school highly enough.’ Pupils have well-established routines and know what is expected of them. Staff have high expectations for all pupils. Classrooms are calm and behaviour is good."

"Pupils display lovely manners and are polite. They value the rewards system and love to earn house points for their team. Pupils behave well at playtimes and show genuine care for each other. Older pupils go out of their way to include younger pupils in the games that they play. Pupils say that bullying is rare. They are confident that adults sort out any incidents of bullying well."

"Pastoral provision is a strength of the school. Adults form strong partnerships with pupils. Pupils feel safe and well cared for. They say that there is always someone to talk to if they have any worries. School leaders ensure that effective support is in place for pupils who may struggle to manage their own emotions."

At Woodcote Primary School, we rise to the challenge and aspire to be the best that we can be.

• Everyone has skills and talents that deserve to be celebrated

• Everyone has the opportunity to shine

• Everyone has areas that could be developed further

• Everyone has the right to learn and the responsibility to try their best

• Everyone is an individual and deserves to be treated with respect

It’s our responsibility to help you along the journey of development and discovery.