Welcome to Heathfield, a School where every child and his/her family are important, and where pupils want to work hard and where learning is fun.
Within the overall aims of Rishworth School, at Heathfield we seek:
To provide a secure and happy environment where children want to achieve what they are able.
To value each child as an individual and to recognise and celebrate his/her attainments.
To ensure every child receives his/her full entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum which builds on a solid foundation of Literacy and Numeracy.
To work in partnership with parents in order to enhance the work of both children and staff.
To build self esteem in order to encourage every child to become an independent learner.
In order to achieve these aims we seek to provide:
Small classes.
A disciplined, orderly environment based on mutual respect.
A dynamic curriculum which is broad and relevant and which is based on, but not bound by, the national guidelines of the Foundation Stage (Nursery/Reception) and National Curriculum (Key Stages 1 and 2).
A system of assessment for tracking individual progress and identifying pupils’ needs.
A system that celebrates individual achievement.
We believe we have:
A warm and friendly atmosphere.
An interest in every child.
Dedicated staff.
Excellent facilities.
We do our best to:
Recognise individual success.
Develop self-confidence.
Keep parents informed of their child’s progress.
Encourage pupils to achieve to the best of their ability.
