Introducing: Heathcote Primary School
Heathcote Primary School opened its doors to students this September. Lara Jeffries, Headteacher, introduces us to the school below:
On the 18th of August the Community Academies Trust and I received the keys to our wonderful new school, Heathcote Primary, on the edge of Warwick and Leamington. Andy Mitchell, Headteacher at Woodloes in Warwick, led the project for CAT, including recruiting me to become Heathcote’s Headteacher. Since then we have worked closely together to ensure we were ready to open our doors to our very first pupils: 30 Reception children and a mixed KS1 class. We will gradually increase our number to include KS2 and eventually become two form entry.
Now the children are in it’s over to me and my amazing team! The role of Headteacher is a privilege in any setting; to be in the position where you are responsible for shaping the experiences and learning of the pupils in your care. Yet, this is surely rare in any teacher’s career - to be right there from the very beginning - the opportunities and challenges that presents are boundless, and for that I am truly grateful.
My vision, underpinned by the Trust’s core value of “Ensuring Excellence”, is to ensure children are not only challenged academically to achieve the very best they can, but also to embrace technology and creativity. I feel very strongly that if we do not have the foresight to look ahead we are at risk of under preparing our children for a world that requires a very different skill set to the one we
have been used to. Not only do we need to provide children with skills to code and develop knowledge to meet the technological advances we are experiencing, we also need to nurture creativity. We will always need works of art, music, sculptures, and books. Heathcote will focus on developing the aforementioned areas, along with fostering understanding and empathy for, the fellow human beings they will be sharing their world with. Well, that’s the idea anyway!
Lara Jeffries
Headteacher
Heathcote Primary School
Find out more on Heathcote Primary School's website and Twitter account.
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