Facilities & Resources

Windermere Primary School was opened on 2 April 1957 and we celebrated our 60th anniversary in 2017. We have a large attractive site with well-resourced classrooms and communal spaces.

In 2017 we completed an important extension to our building, which now houses a light, airy meeting room and a long-awaited library.

Our building is typical of those built in the 1950s with bright and sunny classrooms, a large hall and separate dining room. The classrooms are built around a quadrangle which was redesigned in 2008 to provide the Reception class with a high quality outside area with a canopy to enable outdoor learning in all weather conditions. Each classroom has its own toilet and cloakroom area. The school is fully adapted and accessible for all pupils, parents, carers and visitors.

The Governors are committed to ensuring that the building is well maintained. In recent years the school has had all of the windows in the school renewed and a new entrance lobby built. The classroom carpets have been replaced with more practical vinyl flooring, the classroom washbasins and sinks have been replaced and the hot and cold water system has been replaced throughout the school.

There are approximately 210 pupils at the school, in seven classes. Each class is taught by a qualified teacher and has the support of at least one trained teaching assistant. Our children need to be prepared for life in the 21st Century, so not only does every classroom have an interactive whiteboard, a visualiser and laptops, the school also has a suite of laptop computers and iPads which are available for use in the classroom. All of these are linked to the internet via the Hertfordshire Grid for Learning which provides a filtering system to meet our e-safety requirements. In order to meet the needs of the computing curriculum we also have an extensive range of control and programming technologies. We regularly review and update our IT facilities and carry out staff training to reflect the ever changing developments in modern technology.

However more traditional methods of learning are still valued. There is a well-stocked library which all children are encouraged to use and every class has its own class library too.

The school grounds include two playgrounds, a playing field and car park. Both playgrounds have adventure trails and the playgrounds themselves have been enhanced with playground markings to support games and activities. The infant playground has a very popular train to climb on and a fantastic wooden galleon. The junior playground also has a beautiful, year round kitchen garden, a pergola with seating area and an outdoor theatre.

A second pergola on the field provides additional shade for the children when they are playing on the field during the good weather. The large playing field has an outdoor gym and is also home to our wildlife garden, which has a secure pond and seating to form a study and relaxation area.