Heighington CE Primary School

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Heighington Church of England Primary School
Religious affiliation Church of England
Headmaster Neil Parker
Location Hopelands
Heighington
County Durham
DL5 6PH
England
LEA Darlington
Ofsted number 114223
Students 260
Gender Mixed
Ages 4 to 11
Website Official site

Heighinton CE Primary School is a voluntary controlled Church of England primary school located in the village of Heighington, near Newton Aycliffe, Darlington, England. It educates around 260 pupils aged 4-11. However, despite its rural locality it has been assessed by Ofsted as providing an outstanding education. The Headmaster since 1995 has been Neil Parker.[1]

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[edit] Academics

The Ofsted report on the 22 May 2007 inspection, rating the school Outstanding, the highest possible assessment, said: "This is an outstanding school where pupils excel in all they do. National test results in English, mathematics, and science over recent years show that pupils’ achievement is outstanding. A combination of outstanding leadership and management, highly effective teaching and learning and a very well planned curriculum and other activities that meet the range of pupils' interests underpins everything the school does."[1]

This school has a well above average point score in English, Maths and Science. With English and Science at 100% pass Levels, and Maths at 97%. The average point score for recent examinations was 31.3 which is higher than both the local authority and national averages of 28.2 and 27.8 respectively.[2][3]

[edit] Premises

The premises were progressively extended between 2000 and 2004 with new classrooms and additional administrative space.[4]

[edit] Church bells project

Sponsored by BT, in 2004 the school undertook a project to research the origins of the St Michael's Church bells and produce a DVD and book multimedia package.[5]

[edit] School awards

  • Sports Active award
  • Healthy Schools award
  • Artsmark award[1]

[edit] Faculty awards

  • Neil Parker won the North-East 2002 Leadership Trust Award for School Leadership.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Heighington Church of England Primary School", Ofsted, 22 May 2007
  2. ^ "Heighington Church of England Primary School", BBC News, 7 December 2006
  3. ^ "Heighington Church of England Primary School", Department for Children, Schools and Families, 2005
  4. ^ "Planning application 06/00485/DC", Darlington Borough Council, 28 June 2006
  5. ^ "Ringing the changes", BT, 2004
  6. ^ "Teachers of excellence", The Guardian, 9 July 2002

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