At Highfield School children will learn to become:

articulate, literate, numerate, knowledgeable, technically able, confident, happy, sociable citizens.

We aim to:

• provide a structured, caring, learning environment, using those experiences which children bring to school.
• form positive partnerships between home, school and community.

• prepare children for living in a multicultural society and build upon the strengths of cultural diversity.

• provide equal access to a curriculum which promotes pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

• to deliver a curriculum which aims to provide opportunities for all pupils to learn and to achieve.

• prepare children for their future role in society developing their knowledge, skills and attitudes.

Highfield School seeks to ensure that children are:

• literate, numerate and articulate with a broad general knowledge.

• equipped in knowledge, skills and attitudes for living in a modern technological world.

• fit, healthy, positive and happy.

• independent, confident and enquiring.

• self-confident, self-motivated, self-disciplined.

• able to respect and work with others.

• fair and objective and able to make informed choices.

• positive in their attitude towards issues of race, gender and disability.

• confident in the use of their home language and knowing that it is valued in the school environment.