Woodlands School, Basildon

Woodlands School
Motto	Pursue Excellence & Seize Opportunities
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Mr Simon Cox
Location	Woodlands Approach Basildon Essex SS16 5BA England Coordinates: 51°33′54″N 0°27′22″E / 51.564862°N 0.456208°E / 51.564862; 0.456208
Local authority	Essex
DfE number	881/4014
DfE URN	141214 Tables
Staff	approx. 120
Students	approx. 1500
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Website	www.woodlandsschool.org

Woodlands School is a secondary school in Basildon, Essex. The school currently educates more than 1500 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 and French), Geography, History, Personal and Social Education, ICT, 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.

School life

Traditionally, a month after Year 11 students begin study leave and a month before their exam results are revealed, a prom is held for the students.

Every academic year, Woodlands School appoints 80 Year 11 students as prefects. Each prefect is given a department to work within. From these prefects, 10 head prefects are chosen, these are also known as Team Leaders.

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 many other organisations to host an arts festival flagshipped by the surreal performance spectacular 'Einsteins Dreams.' The producers - Greg Klerkx and Sam Holdsworth - formed a new company called Nimble Fish^[2] after the success of 'Einsteins Dreams'.

Notable former pupils

Phil Gardner, Playwright and Journalist
Michael Catchpole, Professional Tennis Player

Steve Francis, Footballer (Goalkeeper) Chelsea, Reading and Huddersfield

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 report from July 2014 came back as followed:

Achievement of pupils	Requires improvement
Quality of teaching	Requires improvement
Behaviour and safety of pupils	Requires improvement
Leadership and management	Good

References

Schools in Essex

Primary	Roydon Primary School St Thomas of Canterbury CE Junior School

Secondary	Alec Hunter Academy Anglo European School The Appleton School Basildon Academies Beauchamps High School Becket Keys CE School The Billericay School The Boswells School Brentwood County High School Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School Bromfords School Burnt Mill Academy Castle View School Chelmer Valley High School Clacton Coastal Academy Clacton County High School Colbayns High School Colchester Academy The Colne Community School Cornelius Vermuyden School Davenant Foundation School De La Salle School The Deanes School Debden Park High School Epping St John's FitzWimarc School Forest Hall School Gilberd School Great Baddow High School Greensward Academy Harwich and Dovercourt High School Hedingham School Helena Romanes School Honywood Community Science School Hylands School James Hornsby School Joyce Frankland Academy King Edmund School King Harold Academy The King John School Maltings Academy Manningtree High School Mark Hall Academy Mayflower High School Moulsham High School New Rickstones Academy Notley High School The Ongar Academy Ormiston Rivers Academy Passmores Academy Philip Morant School Plume School The Ramsey Academy Roding Valley High School Saffron Walden County High School Sandon School Shenfield High School Sir Charles Kao UTC St Benedict's RC College St Helena School St John Payne RC School St Mark's West Essex RC School St Martin's School The Stanway School Stewards Academy Sweyne Park School Tabor Academy Tendring Enterprise Studio School Tendring Technology College Thomas Lord Audley School Thurstable School West Hatch High School William de Ferrers School Woodlands School

Grammar	Chelmsford County High School for Girls Colchester County High School for Girls Colchester Royal Grammar School King Edward VI Grammar School

Independent	Braeside School Brentwood School Chigwell School The Christian School Colchester High School Felsted School Gosfield School Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College New Hall School Peniel Academy St Mary's School St John's School St Nicholas School Walden School

Special	Edith Borthwick School St John's RC School Yellow House School

Sixth form & FE colleges	Braintree College Braintree Sixth Form Chelmsford College Colchester Institute Debden House Colchester Sixth Form College Epping Forest College Harlow College SEEVIC College Masters Performing Arts College

Defunct	Alderman Blaxill School Barstable School Bishops Park College Brays Grove Community School Buckhurst Hill County High School Chalvedon School Donyland Lodge Earls Colne Grammar School Fryerns Comprehensive School Furtherwick Park School Laindon High Road School Sawyers Hall College St Peter's College

Secondary schools in the Basildon district

Basildon Academies Beauchamps High School Billericay School Bromfords School De La Salle School James Hornsby School Mayflower High School Woodlands School

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