Heathfield Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Darlington (Darlington).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Welcome to Heathfield Primary School Early Years! We welcome you to our Early Years Foundation Stage. Here at Heathfield Primary School, we pride ourselves in providing a secure foundation for future learning and development for all of our children.
We aim to provide a happy, stimulating, safe environment which allows each child to develop their full potential in our ever-changing world: intellectually, physically, socially, emotionally and spiritually.
We provide the children with the balance of child-initiated play, focused and structured learning to ensure that they enjoy learning to read, write, use numbers, think mathematically, explore their world and make creations.
Our curriculum focuses on the seven areas of learning of the Early Years Foundation Stage: Across the Lingfield Education Trust, we recognise and value the unique opportunities and benefits that an excellent Early Years curriculum can bring.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
10 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Athletics
- Computing
- Cricket
- Football
- Hockey
- Music
- Rugby
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Times Tables Rock Stars
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
Key facts
- URN
- 138179
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Darlington
- Constituency
- Darlington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (7 current, 0 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Paula Humphreys | Chair of Local Governing Body | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert McGolpin | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Mr Michael Slater | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Kay Braithwaite | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Victoria Morrow | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Alison Innerd | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Peter Kirby-Bowstead | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 |
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