Woodridge Primary School

At Woodridge, we have a diverse, vibrant learning community where expectations and standards are high and children are helped to achieve their best.  Woodridge is a busy, friendly school, where there is always lots going on in our extensive and beautiful grounds and Nature Reserve.  Staff, children, governors and the local community work really hard to provide a secure, nurturing environment where children can become confident, independent learners and succeed in all areas of school life

Woodridge Is a Values Based Education School and Our Core Values Are: Responsibility, Respect, Honesty and Kindness. It Is Expected that The Children, the Staff and Parents Support Our Values

Our Mission Statement
At Woodridge we are happy, creative and aim high!

Aims and Ethos of The School
Woodridge Primary School aims to develop well-educated, happy children who have developed a love of learning, independence, initiative and understanding of others through our School Values, in preparation for adult life.

We aim:

•  to provide a broad and balanced curriculum, based on a whole school approach ensuring continuity, adapted teaching and progression for each child, with our curriculum Golden Threads of Blue Sky Thinking and Diversity
• to cater for each child’s social and personal development, including their moral and spiritual development
• to celebrate success and help EVERY child to discover their strengths
• to establish a strong partnership with parents, other schools and the wider community, encouraging two-way communication and involvement
• to provide equality of opportunity for all

We provide a caring, supportive environment for all staff and children.  We want Woodridge to be a friendly place where everyone is made to feel welcome, valued and able to make a positive contribution to the life of the school.

At Woodridge Primary, we endeavour to have a personalised curriculum that is broad, exciting, well sequenced and supplemented by Wider Woodridge activities, trips and visitors. This includes our Friday Wider Woodridge enrichment and the Widerness Café run by Year 6 children

Our curriculum tries to make learning sticky, enabling all children to know and remember more, with adapted teaching for those children who need any additional support

Within our curriculum there are two distinct Woodridge Golden Threads which reflect and enhance the cultural capital of our families and the local area:

• Blue Sky Thinking, Blue Sky Thinkers and Big Blue Questions - this is in response to our parent community who have expressed the desire to push particularly high aspirations with their children
• Diversity - to reflect the Wider World beyond Finchley in terms of different social and economic backgrounds, as well as different cultures, faiths and beliefs