| From the Head Teacher, Mr Simon Grilli
 I am delighted to be able to welcome you to our website, which we hope will be a source of delight to children, parents, our school community and beyond.
As you will see, Woodlands is a beautiful place with a long history of success, with delightful facilities both inside and out and children who love to learn and who love to share in each other’s successes.
Children are happy to come to their school and remember their school days here long after they have left. Indeed many of the visitors who call on us are parents who came to Woodlands, have now grown up and are bringing their own children to join us.
We want our web-site to reflect the wonderful work which goes on here, to keep visitors informed about the learning which takes place, the wider influence of our work and the special nature of our school community.
We are rightly proud of the standards we achieve, not only in the core areas of Mathematics, English and Science but in our confident use of ICT and in our commitment to a broad and balanced creative curriculum.
Our Eco status which allows us to fly the prestigious ‘Green Flag’ since 2000 has been externally verified in recent weeks and its values permeate much of what we do. Our signed- posted, nature trail through our own woodland is a unique feature of our school grounds, so close to the sand dunes and the beach.
Our school of 365 pupils offers a wide range of teacher knowledge and experience. With an excellent team of classroom support staff and many volunteer helpers, our children are fortunate to have at least two adults in the class for many lessons. Our Parental support is exceptional and children are helped at home with their sporting and cultural interests and homework. Our Parent Association, known as the Friends of Woodlands Association, (FOWSA ) organise an annual programme of social events for the children and parents and raises almost £6,000 a year for additional school needs.
At our most recent Ofsted Inspection of May 2004, the Lead Inspector summarised as follows;
‘Woodlands is a very good school and provides good value for money. Pupils achieve well. They enter the school with above average attainment and many leave with standards that are well above average. The teaching is very effective and the school is led, managed and governed very well.’
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