Heighington CE Primary School

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name = Heighington Church of England Primary School


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r_head = Neil Parker
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street = Hopelands
city = Heighington
county = County Durham
country = England
postcode = DL5 6PH
LEA = Darlington
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enrollment = 260
gender = Mixed
lower_age = 4
upper_age = 11
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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. [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=289842&providerCategoryID=4096&fileName=\school\114\rti2_114223_20070614.pdf "Heighington Church of England Primary School"] , Ofsted, 22 May 2007]

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."

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. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/06/school_tables/primary_schools/html/841_3132.stm "Heighington Church of England Primary School"] , BBC News, 7 December 2006] [ [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfepx1_05.pl?School=8413132&Mode=Z "Heighington Church of England Primary School"] , Department for Children, Schools and Families, 2005]

Premises

The premises were progressively extended between 2000 and 2004 with new classrooms and additional administrative space. [ [http://www.darlington.gov.uk/PublicMinutes/Planning%20Applications%20Committee%5CJune%2028%202006%5C0600485DC%20Heighington%20CE%20Primary%20School.pdf "Planning application 06/00485/DC"] , Darlington Borough Council, 28 June 2006]

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. [ [http://www.bteducation.org/awards/casestudy.ikml?id=1108 "Ringing the changes"] , BT, 2004]

chool awards

* Sports Active award
* Healthy Schools award
* Artsmark award

Faculty awards

* Neil Parker won the North-East 2002 "Leadership Trust Award for School Leadership". [ [http://education.guardian.co.uk/2002teachingawards/story/0,,751679,00.html "Teachers of excellence"] , The Guardian, 9 July 2002]

References

External links

* [http://www.heighington.ik.org/ Official site]