About US
Welcome to the “About Us” page on our school’s website, where you will find all the essential information about our educational institution. This comprehensive resource covers a range of topics, ensuring easy access to the statutory details you need.
Our subsections provide valuable insights into our school’s values, collaboration with the REACH Cooperative Trust, policies, background information about Woodlands, School of Sanctuary status, performance data, staffing information and vacancies, funding, and our catering service.
We hope that this page serves as a helpful guide to quickly access the information you seek. Should you require any further details, please don’t hesitate to use the search function, found at the foot of the page.
“Our school mission is to develop well-rounded, successful and resilient citizens of the future, with an ambition for excellence, a respect for our diverse community and the intrinsic motivation to take responsibility for maximizing their own success.”
Our Values
At Woodlands we show Respect by:
- Taking care of everyone and everything in our school community
- Being open minded and accepting of people’s feelings, opinions and beliefs
- Communicating, co-operating and listening politely and positively
At Woodlands we show Responsibility by:
- Accepting and learning from our mistakes by responding positively to feedback
- Taking control of our own learning
- Embracing challenges with emotional strength
At Woodlands we show Resilience by:
- Contributing and engaging fully in all aspects of school life
- Taking pride in our appearance, attitude and work ethic
- Being honest and willing to be held accountable for our own actions
Reach Co-operative Trust
The Reach Cooperative Trust has a shared identity through our commitment to safe and secure environments which strengthen and sustain high standards and achievement for the communities we serve.
The Reach Cooperative Trust schools are:
- Bitterne Manor Primary School – bitternemanor.co.uk
- Bitterne Park School – bitterneparkschool.org.uk
- Moorlands Primary School – moorlandsprimary.com
- Redbridge Community School – redbridgecommunityschool.com
- St Denys Primary School – stdenysprimary.co.uk
- Townhill Junior School – townhilljuniorschool.co.uk
- Woodlands Community College – woodlands.southampton.sch.uk
The vision we have for our Education Trust is of a strong partnership that recognises the uniqueness of each of the seven schools whilst sharing a common purpose around the following:
- Develop outstanding learning and develop an outstanding quality of education for all our pupils and staff.
- Increase the level of aspiration and opportunities for our community.
- Realise the potential of all our young people in our community in academic, vocational and social learning.
- Ensure excellent longer term employment prospects for our learners through a robust focus on future opportunities.
- Provide an innovative curriculum across all phases with enrichment opportunities to develop the pupil’s knowledge and understanding of the world, raise self-esteem and promote well-being so each young person is both prepared academically and socially and have the vocational skills to succeed in the next phase of education or in the workplace.
- Improve transition for our learners across each Key Stage.
- Develop our education partnership to include our parents and the wider community,
- Develop partnerships with preschools, nurseries, colleges, universities, employers and apprenticeship providers.