School ethos & aims

Ethos

Highfield is a happy school sustaining values which enable children to live their lives fully and providing a broad education to discover strengths.

Highfield engenders a love of learning that will endure for life. We believe that happiness is the key to success.

Aims

  • To provide a broad, balanced and differentiated education enabling every pupil to maximise her potential;
  • To prepare pupils socially, emotionally and physically for the next stage in education;
  • To provide stability in a changing society;
  • To develop spiritual richness, integrity, confidence and enthusiasm;
  • To put first the needs, interests and aptitudes of the individual;
  • To develop self-knowledge;
  • To create opportunities for thinking, expression and creativity;
  • To respect self, others and the environment;
  • To value honesty, fairness, compassion and empathy;
  • To celebrate achievement;
  • To provide a foundation for the future.