Heathside is a friendly, nurturing and academic school for girls and boys from nursery to Year 8. Our positive, kind and supportive community provides the right environment for pupils to learn and grow in confidence. The atmosphere of the school is informal and caring and fosters a high level of compassion, individual responsibility, self-motivation and achievement. We look to develop confident, thoughtful and caring individuals with a well-rounded understanding of the world and a strong sense of respect for both themselves and others.

Vision and aims

Our vision at Heathside is to empower students to acquire, demonstrate, articulate and value knowledge and skills that will support them, as independent lifelong learners, to make a positive difference to the world they will inherit. The values of the school are respect, tolerance, inclusion and personal excellence.

Heathside School’s aims are:

• Outstanding outcomes for children and young people.
• Confident, responsible, independent and resilient young citizens.
• A vigilant culture of safety and wellbeing – to ensure that children
  are happy and thrive.
• To develop a Centre of Excellence for outstanding teaching.