Welcome  

A very warm welcome to Woodmansterne Primary School and thank you for taking the time to find out more about our wonderful school.

I feel incredibly proud and privileged to be Headteacher here. Working alongside a highly skilled and dedicated team, we are committed to offering every child an excellent education, shaped by our belief that children thrive when they are at the heart of everything we do.

At Woodmansterne, relationships come first – schools flourish when children, staff, and families feel connected and included. We believe in empowering every individual, nurturing talents, and creating a sense of belonging.

We are equally ambitious about learning and growth. Whether you are a child or an adult, we never stop learning. We encourage our children and staff to be reflective, ambitious, and resilient, always striving to be their very best.

Finally, we are deeply committed to education and practice that is pupil-centred and forward-thinking. We champion oracy so that every child has a voice, and we embrace innovative approaches to teaching and learning that spark curiosity and creativity.

Our creative and ambitious curriculum, supported by our well-resourced environment, ensures no child is limited in what they can achieve. We want our children to leave Woodmansterne as confident, resilient, and respectful individuals — happy learners who are ready for their next stage of education and life beyond.

We are proud to be part of the Bourne Education Trust, which provides rich opportunities to collaborate with schools across both the primary and secondary phases, strengthening the education we offer.

I hope this website gives you a clear picture of the school we are so proud of. I warmly invite you to visit and see for yourself the learning, relationships, and community that make Woodmansterne such a special place.

Georgia Geary - Headteacher

Our Aims and Values

Growing Learners for Life

At Woodmansterne Primary School we work in partnership with children, families, staff, governors and the wider community to:

• Create a culture of excellence in which everyone feels motivated and trusted to take risks
• Provide a first class learning environment which recognises and fulfils the academic, social and emotional potential of every child
• Recognise and meet the challenge that every child is unique and offer what is right for them
• Develop pupils who love the challenge of learning and are resilient to failure

We see our values as integral to achieving our aims and we consistently reiterated them through our classroom practice, learning environments and wider school life. They underpin our teaching of British Values, our PSHE curriculum and are supported by effective and consistent behaviour management across the whole school.

Respect

Children are recognised for their respectfulness towards everyone through the reward of school behaviour points. We encourage respect by demonstrating a caring nature, being polite to all, looking after property and listening to others. We expect mutual respect for others to be modelled by all stakeholders.

Responsibility

We teach our children to be accountable for their individual actions through their learning and behaviour. We provide boundaries so they are able to make choices through the provision of a safe environment and empowering education. Children are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and personal freedoms in the school environment, as well as the wider community.

Resilience

We recognise that physical, social and emotional health are important factors in a child’s wellbeing. At Woodmansterne, our aim is to provide all children with strategies to increase their resilience in learning, as in life, to teach them to persevere through setbacks, take on challenges and risk making mistakes to reach a goal.

Reflection

We believe that reflection is a vital step in our children’s learning and progress. We teach our children to think carefully about their learning and actions by getting them to recognise their strengths and weaknesses. We also encourage them to have quiet time alone and with others in order to be happy, engaged and challenged learners.