Hello and welcome to Hawthorn Lane!
My name is Ben Hooper, and I am the Assistant Headteacher who leads on the Hawthorn Lane site. I also lead all phases of Woodfield School in the areas of Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Safeguarding. Previously I used to lead SEND at Sidney Stringer Academy and have supported other schools in Coventry with their SEND and Inclusion processes. I am passionate about working with disadvantaged young people and their families and strive to make a difference to the futures of our cohort at Hawthorn Lane and across Woodfield School as a whole.
Hawthorn Lane is home to our secondary-age children in years 9-11. We pride ourselves on providing a bespoke, nurturing environment for our students, many of whom have had a difficult education journey prior to joining us. Our staff are committed to supporting our pupils with their identified needs, as well as pushing them to achieve their academic potential. We are proud that all of our students are supported through GCSE or Functional Skills qualifications in a huge range of subjects, and we achieved our best ever results in August 2022.
Alongside the academic pathways however, our students have unique access to a huge range of opportunities and experiences to help improve their confidence, build self esteem and foster resilience. An example of these are below:
- Bee-keeping training
- Bike maintenance workshops and training
- Art opportunities (check out our exhibitions at the Herbert Art Gallery!)
- Forest School
- Premier League Inspires campaign
- Lego intervention
- Warhammer intervention
- Live Action Role Play (LARP)
- School Football team
- Open Theatre
- John Muir Award
- Year 11 Graduation!
- Horticulture and outdoor learning
Our students here are grouped around their curriculum pathways and have ownership of their
own ‘Zones’. The Zone teams for each group are listed below:
■ HA (Mrs Acatrineians Ms Pink)
■ HB (Mrs Z Brown and Ms Delaney)
■ HC (Mrs Whillock, Mrs Fodor, Mr Kimberly)
■ HD (Mr J Burke, Mr D Foster, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Harris )
■ HI, Larch House (Ms Beecher and Mr Acatrinei)
■ HH (Mrs Tough Mrs Wright )
■ HF (Mr Blow, Miss Clark, and Ms McFadden)
■ HG (Mrs Stansfield and Miss Simmons)
■ HH (Mrs Brown, Mrs Whillock, and Mr Kimberley)
Alongside our Zone teams, we have an amazing Learning Mentor and Pastoral team, who work
to provide 1-1 and small group interventions that help overcome our pupils’ barriers and support
them in all areas of their development. Our Learning Mentors are:
■ Mr Ali
■ Ms Keogh
■ Ms Coxsall
■ Mr Harris
We also have a dedicated pastoral support team, who work tirelessly to help pupils with concerns
outside of the classroom, as well as supporting our pupils and their families through their
Woodfield journey as a team. Our Pastoral team are:
■ Carol Aubrey caubrey@woodfieldacademy-org-uk.stackstaging.com
■ Fay Godson fgodson@woodfieldacademy-org-uk.stackstaging.com
We also have a dedicated SENCo for Hawthorn Lane, please get in touch with him for any
questions around admissions, annual reviews or questions around our SEND Provision:
■ Neil Franklin nfranklin@woodfieldacademy-org-uk.stackstaging.com
Please check out the rest of our pages, and if you have any questions, get in touch!