The Heathland School

The Heathland School, an ‘Outstanding’ 11-18 Co-educational Community Comprehensive School committed to delivering exceptional academic success and providing an environment where individual learners thrive and become confident, independent and informed citizens of the future.

Our traditional values coupled with our modern approach to learning, ensures our students develop into confident, ambitious learners who strive for excellence and the highest levels of achievement across all areas of school life. Our curriculum is unique, broad and provides a solid platform for Post16 study offering a wealth of academic opportunities, which mean our students remain stimulated and motivated and develop a lifelong passion for learning. Our dedicated team of staff and dynamic teaching methods enable students to develop their own desire for intellectual enquiry, encouraging students to become lifelong learners.

Beyond the classroom we offer an outstanding range of extra-curricular activities, including opportunities through our entrepreneurial and business partnerships, designed to offer students an insight into the working world and provide them with the skills they need to succeed in a rapidly changing 21st century.

Central to The Heathland School vision is a commitment to providing students with exceptional and unrivalled learning experiences within and beyond the classroom, all of which contributes to preparing them for successful futures.The Heathland School has an established reputation as an outstanding centre of excellence and academic rigour which is reflected in our impressive alumni and record of university destinations, with students progressing onto higher education at some of the best universities in the country.

Central to our mission statement is our firm belief that students learn best within a secure, well-disciplined learning environment that provides a broad and balanced curriculum. We challenge our students to become ambitious learners who strive for excellence and the highest levels of achievement across all school life.

Our curriculum is based on academic subjects taught by highly qualified staff in specialist accommodation.From Year 7, pupils are placed in teaching sets according to their ability in each subject with the exception of Art, Drama, Music, Religious Education and Physical Education. In the latter subjects pupils are taught in Tutor Groups until Year 8. Homework is an integral part of pupils’ learning and pupils in all Years receive regular homework set according to a homework timetable. All pupils study ICT and Religious Education to GCSE standard and the majority also study a modern foreign language and a technology subject to GCSE.

All pupils are encouraged to participate in extra-curricular activities and are given opportunities to take on additional roles and responsibilities. Older students have further opportunities which include mentoring, volunteering, leading extra-curricular activities and acting as positive ambassadors for the school, within their tutor group and year group.These activities provide unique opportunities for pupils to develop communication, interpersonal and leadership skills that are invaluable for their future and prized by universities and employers.