Kelly Farnworth-HeadteacherCalder Lodge School
Oakenclough
Preston
Lancashire
PR3 1UL
01995 676565
info@calderlodge.school
Mon-Fri: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
providing children with a
calm, safe, secure environment
providing children with a
nurturing environment
providing children with a
stimulating environment
providing children with a
physically active environment
A calm, safe and secure environment
Building confidence, self-worth, resilience and aspiration
Calder Lodge school provides children with a calm, safe, secure physical and psychological environment. Highly experienced staff ensure that pupil’s negative behaviours and mindset are confronted in a non-confrontational way. Personal responsibility is placed at the forefront of behavioural change, supporting children’s ownership of themselves and their actions. Using strong boundaries and modelling social norms, children are given space to grow. By building confidence, self-worth, resilience and aspiration, we help furnish children with the skill set to engage with academic and social learning for life.
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Hello and welcome to Calder Lodge School.
Here you will find wonderfully unique children who have a range of needs including SEMH, ASD and all associated needs. Our vastly experienced staff base provides consistency and safe boundaries in which pupils feel settled, allowing them to be children. A rural backdrop and expansive varied curriculum helps pupils understand the social expectations of life but more importantly themselves. Pupils thrive in the calm and ordered operations of the school. High expectation and belief in the pupils allows them to believe in themselves, increasing engagement with learning across the academic and social spectrum.
Kelly Farnworth – Headteacher
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Potions in the forest 13.05.2025
Bleasdale Class had a fantastic day continuing their work at Holmes Wood, enjoying a wide range of outdoor activities themed around magic potions, riddles, anagram puzzles, manhunt, and throwing games….
Shireshead and Forton cricket club womens team.
Calder Lodge School is very proud to be supporting Shireshead and Forton womens cricket team this season. The team consists of varying ages and abilities starting from 12 years old…
Fairsnapes literary adventure to Blackpool zoo. 01/05/2025
Fairsnape had an exciting trip to Blackpool Zoo as part of our Predators topic. They got thechance to see amazing animals like lions, tigers, snakes, and birds of prey up…
Bleasdale Class Adventure: A Magical Journey Through Holmes Wood 29.04.25
Bleasdale Class set off on a magical adventure through Holmes Wood, collecting mystical ingredients for their potion-making quest. Using a special list they had created the day before on Google…
Greenhouses – Calder Class, April 22nd 2025
Calder class visited Daisy Clough Garden Centre in Scorton on April 22nd 2025. This venue was chosen because the class topic this term is ‘Greenhouses’. We had a look in…
Compass skills at Williamsons park. 19.03.2025
For our Cultural Capital trip, Nicky Nook visited Williamsons Park in Lancaster. Children focused on compass skills and had to navigate around the park from instructions telling them to walk…
Plant nutriton at Rainford wood. 14.03.2025
This week, as part of our Cultural Capital, Fairsnapevisited Rainford Wood to explore the topic of PlantNutrition and Reproduction. The children learnedabout the essential things a tree needs to grow…
Holmeswood emersion. 26.02.2025
For this half term’s Cultural Capital, Oakenclough Class immersed themselves in our beautiful, local environment as they ventured into Holmeswood for a great exploration. Whilst there, they were looking to recognise the signs…
Bleasdale class SOUND explorers 25.02.25
Bleasdale Class had an amazing adventure at Brock Bottom, exploring the sounds of nature and learning all about volume, pitch, and how we hear! Before the trip, we watched a…
Animal care Lancaster-29.01.25
A message from our host Steph: It was a pleasure to welcome you and your class to Animal Care yesterday! We hope you, the staff, and the children enjoyed the…
Bleasdale Class Trip: Walk Through Holme Wood to Nicky Nook 4/2/25
On our class trip, Bleasdale Class embarked on an exciting journey through Holme Wood to the summit of Nicky Nook. This was a fantastic opportunity for the children to apply…
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