Highfields is a Co-educational day school for boys and girls aged two-and-a-half to eleven years. Situated at New Balderton on the outskirts of Newark, one-and-a-half miles from the town centre, the School is set in thirteen acres of quiet parkland and sports fields. The Head teacher is a member of the Independent Schools Association and the School is classed as 'ISJC Accredited'.
Highfields School aims to provide a happy, lively, caring community that allows the children to experience a sense of pride and fulfilment that comes from working to their full potential. Basic subjects need to be mastered but children learn to react in different ways and need to be treated as individuals. Personal responsibility, initiative, good manners and smart appearance are encouraged.
Children may enter a structured course of Nursery Education from age two-and-a-half. Children enter the Reception Class before their fifth birthday and proceed through the School in year groups. Each class is taught by its own teacher in the basic subjects. The maximum class size is 25. All members of staff are fully qualified and specialist teachers help with music, PE and games throughout the School. A support teacher is available to help individuals or small groups with specific learning difficulties.
The curriculum is balanced and broadly based with the emphasis on English, Mathematics and Science. The full range of National Curriculum subjects is covered in order that the varying interests and skills of the children may be developed fully.
All children are encouraged to be creative and exhibit a delight in learning. There are ample opportunities for drama and music with recorder ensembles, choirs and an orchestra. Peripatetic staff offer lessons in violin, cello, flute and clarinet. The School offers a wide range of extra curricular activities and runs a number of sports teams which compete against local authority and independent schools.
Highfields has a good academic record sending pupils to local independent schools and to Grammar Schools in Lincolnshire 11+ areas.
The School is administered by a Board of Governors, including parent governors, and has charitable status.
