"At Woodeaton, we are proud to be part of The Propeller Academy Trust, working together to ensure that every young person is supported to achieve their potential, both academically and personally. Our school is a nurturing and inclusive community where pupils feel safe, valued, and inspired to learn.

We specialise in providing a supportive learning environment for children and young people with social, emotional, and mental health needs. Every member of staff is committed to understanding the individual strengths and challenges of our pupils, and to tailoring learning so that each child experiences success and develops confidence in themselves.

Our curriculum is broad, engaging, and flexible, designed not only to meet academic goals but also to equip pupils with the skills they need for life beyond school. We place strong emphasis on wellbeing, resilience, and personal growth, ensuring that every pupil can thrive and look forward to a positive future.

As part of The Propeller Academy Trust, we benefit from collaboration with other schools who share our vision and values. This partnership enables us to draw on a wide range of expertise, resources, and opportunities, further enriching the experiences we can offer our pupils."

Jane Straw - Headteacher

At Woodeaton Manor School we believe that all our pupils have the potential to achieve.

When our pupils join us, they are faced with challenges and barriers that seem insurmountable. They have developed ways of coping that are unhelpful and have views on education and learning that have been informed by their previous negative experiences.

Our mission is to help our young people develop positive behaviours and attitudes and learn how to mange their anxieties in a way that enables them to achieve.

We do this by providing a nurturing environment with equal emphasis on the three different, but equally important, aspects of our curriculum:

Emotional

Our emotional curriculum is designed to help our young people understand what makes them who they are.

It helps them understand their strengths and differences and to understand why they react in certain ways in certain situations. We then think about more helpful and appropriate ways to manage.

“If I could have my time again, what might I do differently to get a more positive outcome?”

This all starts with an understanding of ourselves, being able to identify our feelings and knowing, when we start to become anxious, the strategies we can employ to continue to do what we need to do to be successful.

“When we make good choices, good things happen.”

Social

Our social curriculum is designed to help our young people understand themselves in the context of other people.

Quite often our young people have been and felt isolated. Some have been excluded from previous schools, worked outside of their normal classrooms, been on reduced timetables, not been invited to playdates or school trips, etc.

As a result of their diagnosis, many of our young people find it difficult to understand social situations and the motivations of other people.

Our social curriculum is designed to enable our young people to move out of their ‘safety bubble’ and be able to go to new and exciting places that they’ve not experienced before using the strategies they have learnt. It’s also designed to help them understand others.

“The things we say and do can affect others – let’s make sure we have a positive effect.”

Academic

Our academic curriculum is designed to fill the gaps in learning that many of our young people have. It also provides them with the qualifications that will unlock the next part of their learning journey.

We run a number of intervention programmes to help with numeracy and literacy. For our older pupils we offer a range of externally assessed qualifications as well as day-release courses.

“Right time, right place; try your best and be kind.”

At Propeller Academy Trust, we believe in the power of collaboration and shared expertise to create exceptional outcomes for children with special educational needs. Every school that joins our Trust brings a unique strength, talent, or area of expertise that enriches our community and supports our mission to deliver excellence across all schools.

Whether you are renowned for your teaching pedagogy, have an outstanding sixth form, excel in parental engagement, or lead in innovative fundraising, we see every school as a vital contributor to our collective growth. By joining the Trust, your school becomes part of a team dedicated to continuous improvement, shared learning, and delivering the best possible experiences for our young people.

We value schools that are passionate about:

• Sharing expertise and helping others achieve greatness.
• Engaging with families to build a strong foundation of trust and collaboration.
• Pioneering innovation to create new opportunities and experiences for children.
• Collaborating as a team, embracing challenge and support in equal measure.

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