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Woodlands School
Address
Map
Woodlands Approach

Basildon
,
Essex
,
SS16 5BA

England
Coordinates51°33′54″N 0°27′22″E / 51.564862°N 0.456208°E / 51.564862; 0.456208
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoAspiration, Resilience, Opportunities, Excellence
Founded28 November 1957
Local authorityEssex
Department for Education URN141214 Tables
HeadteacherDavid Wright
Staffapprox. 300
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Enrolmentapprox. 1600
Websitewww.woodlandsschool.org

Woodlands School is a secondary school in Basildon, Essex. The school currently educates more than 1600 students from Basildon and South East Essex.

Overview

The school is on a single site and is made up of one main building. Woodlands School offers English, maths, science, languages (German, Spanish and French), geography, history, personal and social education, information and communication technologies, performing arts, media studies, design technology, art and physical education.

Previously a community school administered by Essex County Council, Woodlands School converted to academy status on 1 April 2015. However the school continues to coordinate with Essex County Council for admissions.

Performing Arts

Since 2005, the school has been working to expand its specialism in performing arts into the local community. Community youth organisations are now working in partnership to use funding from Essex County Council's Youth Opportunities Fund and Youth Capital Fund to complete the construction of the Theatre.

In 2006, Woodlands School was working with Creative Partnerships, The Basildon Arts Trust,[1] Support Through Art, Loco Motion (Youth Group) and other organisations to host an arts festival flagshipped by the surreal performance spectacular 'Einsteins Dreams.' The producers formed a new company called Nimble Fish after the success of 'Einsteins Dreams'.[2][better source needed]

Notable former pupils

Ofsted Report

On 16 Oct 2013 an OFSTED inspection took place which was officially released on 6 Dec 2013, which gave the school an Inadequate rating. Woodlands have since had a second ofsted inspection in 2014 and were brought out of special measures. Simon Cox was appointed Head Teacher for September 2014. The latest report was on 19 April 2018 following an inspection on 7 March 2018. The results were as follows:

Achievement of pupils Good
Quality of teaching Good
Behaviour and safety of pupils Good
Leadership and management Outstanding

References

  1. ^ "{title}". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. ^ "What We Do – Nimble Fish". nimble-fish.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
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