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Since our founding in 1889, thousands of families have trusted Woodberry Forest School with their boys. At Woodberry, we challenge boys to become successful leaders and active contributors to society and prepare them to enter the most selective colleges and universities. At Woodberry, we transform good boys with potential and the will to succeed into honorable and respectful men of moral purpose. We're a school for boys and parents who want a unique and meaningful high school experience. Here boys develop their character, prepare for leadership, and gain a passion for learning in an enduring community grounded in meaningful relationships and continuous learning. Our legendary honor system has been teaching boys how to be honorable men for 120 years. Above all, Woodberry is a community of trust, governed by the 120-year-old, student-run honor system. The spirit of trust and the fact that all of the students and nearly all of the faculty live on campus create a place where every boy is known, challenged, and loved in a positive and caring culture. Everyone in our community wants each boy to be the best version of himself. The Woodberry community extends far beyond the campus. When boys leave, they lead successful careers that are significant and rewarding. They become members of a strong alumni community, bonded through the generations, demonstrating an extraordinary love for and devotion to the school. At Woodberry Forest School, boys prepare for their futures as leaders, learners, and citizens. Located in Virginia's rolling hills, Woodberry is a boarding school where students develop a deep sense of empathy, an enduring self-confidence, genuine humility, and an interest in lifelong learning. Woodberry boys enjoy lives of commitment and honor, marked by moral beliefs and ethical values in service to others. Woodberry believes in developing all aspects of boys. When classes end, the Woodberry experience is only beginning, providing boys with numerous outlets to develop, grow, and challenge themselves. The challenging academic curriculum is supplemented by an athletic program that has enjoyed more than a century of sustained excellence and a fine arts program that exposes boys to collegiate-level facilities and opportunities. Boys work with their teachers and coaches to build a culture of shared experiences, both in the classroom and beyond it. These experiences help boys develop their passions as they build confidence, resilience, and independence. Woodberry Forest admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, and national or ethnic origin to all of the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students. It does not discriminate based on race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, or national or ethnic origin in administering its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other school-administered programs. The school is authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant students. Since the school's founding, Woodberry Forest has sought to develop young men of intellectual thoroughness and moral integrity equipped with the capacity and eagerness to serve as leaders, learners, and citizens. Consistent with the school's historical founding on Christian principles, we aspire to instill in every boy a deep sense of empathy, an enduring self-confidence buttressed by genuine humility, and an enthusiastic pursuit of lifelong learning marked by curiosity and adaptability. Above all, we aim for every boy to enjoy a meaningful life by nurturing his commitment to act upon moral beliefs and ethical values in service to others. The school's purpose is to develop in its students, under Christian principles, a high sense of honor and moral integrity, deep respect for sound scholarship, a full acceptance of responsibility, a love of excellence, and a will toward personal sacrifice in service to others. Likewise, it is its mission, based on these ideals, to develop its students into leaders, train its students toward a useful contribution to the democratic society in which they live, and give them thorough preparation for the best colleges and universities consistent with their potentials. The abiding concern of Woodberry Forest School is the personal growth of its students. To this end, the school attempts to provide a broad experience with a balanced emphasis on its students' academic, artistic, physical, and spiritual development. In so doing, the school believes that well-conceived challenges, together with support and encouragement, will instill self-confidence and a striving for continuing excellence throughout life. Woodberry Forest is committed to helping students become individuals whose sense of values and capacity to reason effectively will allow them to deal with significant intellectual, ethical, and social problems and to lead rewarding private lives. In keeping with this objective, the faculty is more concerned with teaching students how to think than what to think. As a community, the school fosters an atmosphere of civility and cooperation, urging its members to treat one another with the respect and consideration they hope to receive in return. The underpinning of that effort is the honor system, which is not so much a rigid code as it is a way of life that is fundamental to the Woodberry Forest community's decency. The school seeks to maintain a secure and healthy environment for its students to go about growing and learning, hoping that every student will come to think of Woodberry Forest as a second home. View full school

We have committed to having a shared responsibility to the wider school community, through the provision of high-quality education and the improvement of life chances for pupils in the community beyond that of our own three schools. Our ambition is to provide the best possible primary education in stimulating and creative environments. We want to develop a passion for learning, inspired by high-quality teaching, developing and building upon individual strengths and talents. We expect all children in our schools to reach age-related levels, in line with national expectations, as a minimum, and we aim to ensure that the barriers to learning are removed so that every pupil in all of our schools reaches their full potential. Our leadership structure aims to make the most of our shared resources, maintain high expectations, and secure high standards. The strategic overview of the partnership is led by myself, and each school is led by a highly effective Senior Leadership Team, who have the skills and experience required to motivate, inspire and drive our schools forward. We value the opportunity to introduce you to Woodberry Down. We are confident that you will find a school where standards of behavior and respect are given a high priority, and where every child is motivated to learn and to have high self-esteem. The core purpose of the New Wave Federation is to provide the best educational experience for every child together with outstanding achievement. This will be achieved by engaging in learning opportunities that develop, stretch and excite the imagination. We consistently perform at a level higher than that of other schools in the borough. Please see the tables for analysis of our results for the last academic year. A progress score is determined by comparing the KS2 outcome of a pupil at a school with the KS2 outcome of other pupils nationally who the same results as that pupil in KS1. Average Progress Scores are an average of the progress scores for each pupil in KS2. A positive score means that children in that school, on average, made greater progress than those children nationally who had similar prior attainment when they were in KS1.In all our schools the progress score is positive. This means the New Wave pupils, on average, make more progress than their peers nationally (with similar prior attainment). Many of our children join Woodberry Down in the Nursery, aged three. A place in the Nursery does not guarantee a place in the main school but children meeting the Local authority’s entry requirements will move on to the reception where they will be joined by children new to the school. You are very welcome to visit us before enrolling your child. Please contact the school office to arrange an appointment when a member of the senior leadership team will be available to show you around. We provide a resourceful and excellent start to early learners in our 2-year-old provision based within our school. Please click on the link below to see if you qualify for 15 hours of free child care. If you meet the criteria and are eligible you will be issued with a reference number which you can bring to the school office to arrange an admission into this provision. Pupils who are 3 years old can make an application to the Nursery in our school. A place in the Nursery does not guarantee a place in the main school but children meeting the Local Authority’s entry requirements will move on to the reception where they will be joined by children new to the school. Woodberry Down Primary School is governed by Hackney’s admission procedures. Full details of the admissions criteria and a copy of the admission form for Reception are available on the Hackney Learning Trust website. At Woodberry Down Primary School we consider good attendance to be essential. Children are expected to attend school every day throughout the academic year unless there is a good reason for absence. Full attendance is vital for every child’s educational progress. The school regards absences as a very serious concern and there is an overwhelming connection between those pupils who are frequently absent and those who go on to underachieve in their future. Our approach to the curriculum is to provide the highest quality provision, utilizing the skills of all our staff, to inspire all our pupils to achieve their full potential. At Woodberry Down Primary School we believe that assessment is fundamental in enabling teachers to extend and challenge our children’s learning, supporting them in reaching their full potential. Our school incorporates assessment into our teaching strategies as an integral part of teaching and learning. Woodberry Down Primary School offers a variety of exciting and enjoyable clubs which range from sporty, artistic, and musical to dramatic arts. At Woodberry Down, we have clubs that explore language and culture, food, and the environment. Children have fantastic fun, make new friends, and develop skills, interests, and talents. The core purpose of the New Wave Federation is to provide the best educational experience for every child together with outstanding achievement. This will be achieved by engaging in learning opportunities that develop, stretch and excite the imagination by: Providing a broad and balanced curriculum Ensuring high standards of behavior at all times Creating opportunities for all abilities and embracing world-class technology Promoting logical and creative thinking skills Encouraging independent and confident learners Promoting curiosity and enthusiasm Encouraging respect for others and high self-esteem View full school