Westfield Primary School and Nursery

Contact Details

Miss E Leach, Headteacher Westfield Primary School Durrants Lane, Berkhamsted, Herts HP4 3PJ Tel: 01442 862 729 Fax: 01442 874467 Email: admin@westfieldprimary.herts.sch.uk Westfield Primary School & Nursery is a community school. Please contact Denise Arnold, Office Manager for any queries from parents or from others members of the public. If you require a paper copy …

Admissions

If you decide you would like to apply for a place at our school, you will need to apply through the Admissions department of the Local Education Authority. We do not handle our own admissions or have any influence over who is, or is not, offered a place from Reception to Year 6. Parents moving …

Attendance

At Westfield Primary School, we expect children to attend school every day, as long as they are fit and healthy enough to do so. Learning and making and maintaining friendships is fun at Westfield and that’s why we want children in school every day. Research proves that children with good attendance have increased chances of …

Awards

We are delighted to be able to announce that this month Westfield Primary School has been awarded the KITE MARK AWARD for ‘The whole school approach to Mental Health and Well-being’. We have been awarded the Healthy Schools Enhanced status following our work towards broadening and deepening the …

Ethos & Values

“Our children are at the heart of everything we do.” Our Vision Our vision is for our children to become confident, independent and resilient learners. We believe that this is best achieved by applying a ‘growth mindset’ which is about encouraging our children to believe in themselves and their abilities. Through hard work and effort, …

Forest School

The Forest School approach to learning Forest School is an exciting part of Westfield Primary School and Nursery’s focus on Growth Mindset. It encourages learners to take themselves into the stretch zone through learning new skills, making choices, working co-operatively and taking supported risks. This helps them to develop their growth mindset – believing in …

Governors

School governors work on a voluntary basis and are central to the life of the School. The Governing Body is made up of parent governors, staff governors, Local Authority governors and community governors. The governors meet on a regular basis to discuss such things as finance, personnel issues and matters relating to the use of …

Governor Biographies

Ash Patil (Chair) LA Governor Ash’s has an Electrical Engineering degree with postgraduate qualification in Operations Research. He has worked with Xerox for 10 years in Inventory Control and Logistics and then for 20+ years with Digital Computers later to be merged into Compaq and Hewlett Packard in Management Science, (Business Intelligence) and Sales in …

Healthy School

We are a healthy school because we have…. Colour coded choices at dinner time to help us eat balanced meals Drinking water in the playground Fruit snack during playtime Cycling skills in Year 5 Swimming lessons for Years 3 and 4 A vegetable garden Extra-curricular sports clubs such as Dance, Dodgeball, football and Tae-Kwondo. Inter-school sports …

Staff

Miss E Leach Headteacher (Designated Safeguarding Lead) Miss S Goodchild Deputy Head Mrs E Slade SENCo Mrs J Edwardson Teacher Mrs L Williams Teacher, RE/PSHE/English Lead and EYFS Lead (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead) Mrs S Edwards Teacher, Maths/Computer Lead (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead) Miss J Roe Part-time Teacher Mrs S Saunders Part-time Teacher, PE Lead …

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