Bealings School
Community primary school in Woodbridge (Suffolk).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
We view learning as a deeply social process. Our teachers, through extensive research, planning and design, bring the curriculum to life through utilising the techniques of Mantle of the Expert.
They cocreate, alongside the children, fictional landscapes for learning while we, as members of an invented organisation or team, face tensions, problems, pose questions, find clues, invent theories, test our theories, adapt or invent new ones, to create solutions and ways forward in the work.
Through this approach we co-create meaningful contexts, deep and richly layered, through which the curriculum lives. One of the most important things for us as a school is finding a balance between the individual and the community. Every person is unique and different.
How can we flourish as different people, exploring our own interests, whilst also contributing as members of a cooperative, interconnected and caring community? This question sits at the heart of everything we do.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
17 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Badminton
- Basketball
- Climbing
- Computing
- Dance
- Football
- Gardening
- Hockey
- Lego
- Music
- Netball
- Rugby
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Mantle of the Expert
and 1 more
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 124595
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (7 current, 1 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Helen Clarkson-Fieldsend | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Catherine Heygate | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| John Harrod | Governor | Nominated by LA and appointed by GB | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Allan Cadzow | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Claire Robinson | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Hailey Smith | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Claire Miller | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ruth Flaherty Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2025 |
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