Aims and ethos

Heywood Prep has a clear ethos. Every moment of the school day, we seek to:

Provide a safe and happy environment for all

  • A strong culture of safeguarding within our school community ensures the children in our care feel safe, secure and happy.
  • Our warm environment provides the opportunity to learn, celebrate childhood, and build relationships across the whole school community in which parents are always welcome and actively involved.
  • Our strong pastoral system ensures all of our children are cared for and known as individuals by the whole school community.

Expect and reward good manners, responsible behaviour and a positive attitude in all our pupils

  • Provide an environment where positive attitudes and kindness thrive.
  • Develop children to be responsible well-mannered world citizens and who promote community spirit and think of others before themselves.

Engender a love of learning in every pupil through an exciting, engaging and relevant curriculum

  • We deliver an enriched, inspiring, balanced curriculum.
  • Teachers have the passion and depth of knowledge required to deliver high quality, specialist teaching.
  • Well-resourced facilities engage and enable children to achieve. A particular focus on technology and the sciences enhances and links with the core curriculum
  • Heywood’s semi-rural setting ensures that children take their learning experiences outdoors through Forest School and into the local community

Provide every pupil with the opportunity, the confidence and the support to achieve amazing things

  • We provide opportunities for all our pupils to excel through a modern and relevant curriculum and a broad range of extra-curricular activities
  • Children will embrace failure and understand that acceptance of it will build resilience and give them the confidence to strive to reach their full potential.

Prepare children for life after Heywood Prep

  • An individual approach to identifying and securing entry to the most appropriate senior school for each child, through curriculum, support and advice tailored to each child and family.
  • By developing children’s character and equipping them with future-proofed skills, we prepare them to be positive citizens in a rapidly-changing world.

READ OUR VISION, MISSION AND VALUES HERE