An independent school and nursery in Danbury, Chelmsford, Essex for boys and girls aged 2-11

Heathcote Preparatory School & Nursery

Eves Corner, Danbury

Essex CM3 4QB

01245 223131

enquiries@heathcoteschool.co.uk

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Heathcote Preparatory School & Nursery

Eves Corner, Danbury

Essex CM3 4QB

07:20 - 19:00

Monday to Friday

01245 223131

enquiries@heathcoteschool.co.uk

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Heathcote ends the school year in style with Sports Day and Prize Giving

The Heathcote School Sports Day takes place every year on Dawson Field and is a highlight of the school calendar, bringing together staff, children, and parents to celebrate the end of term in style. This year’s event took place on Friday 7 July and was a scorching hot day, which meant lots of sun cream and gazebos. Heathcote has grown […]
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Heathcote celebrates careers week

This week we held our first “Careers Week” at Heathcote, to coincide with National Careers Week 2023 (6-11 March) We had several visitors during the week – 17 in total. These included a female spacecraft engineer at NASA, an engineer on Formula 1 cars, an army major, a university lecturer, an air ambulance consultant, a lawyer, and many more. We […]
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The Benefits of Outdoor Learning by Samantha Scott

Recently, Mrs Scott was asked to write an article for SATIPS, the professional support body for teachers and teaching assistants in independent schools across the UK and worldwide, providing training, information and resources. Mrs Scott’s detailed article explains the benefits of outdoor learning provision including how at Heathcote School we have outdoor learning every Friday on our preprep curriculum map, […]
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ISA Awards: Case Study on Heathcote, Junior School of the Year

Our school has been featured in the most recent Independent School Association Newsletter, describing what makes Heathcote so special and what led to us being awarded Junior School of the Year in November 2021. You can read the case study here.  The article describes our wonderful school, and goes on to analyse what we did through the pandemic lockdowns, which […]
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Our Heathcote family tell us what they think

We recently undertook a pupil perception survey to ascertain how our pupils feel about their school, their safety, pupil behaviour and bullying and how the staff and leadership ensure they are safe and happy. See what they think below – Heathcote pupils are bright, bold and brave – they feel secure to voice their opinions, in a world where we […]
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How we transformed our outside space

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework establishes that children should make use of the environment around them to enable their natural curiosity to be part of their educational experience. At Heathcote Preparatory School and Nursery we felt that our EYFS playground wasn’t having a positive impact and should be developed with thought and consideration to facilitate and engage our […]
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Heathcote named Junior School of the Year!

Our school has been named the best independent primary in the UK! Heathcote won ‘Junior School of the Year’ at the 2021 Independent Schools Association (ISA) National Awards, which recognise excellence in independent education across the country. The judges highlighted Heathcote’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, exemplary teamwork, family support, technology provision and staff upskilling, while at the same time […]
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Heathcote recognised as one of top three Junior Schools in the UK

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that following a rigorous process the Independent Schools Association (ISA) have informed us that we are one of the three finalists across the nation for Junior School of the Year. To have our excellence in academia, pupil development and pastoral support recognised in this way is wonderful and I want to praise and thank […]
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Celebrating Miss Pennycook

On Monday morning we had a special assembly at the Danbury Mission to formally present Miss Pennycook with her Silver Award for ‘Outstanding New Teacher of the Year’ at the Pearson National Teaching Awards (read the full story here). The award was presented by Heathcote headteacher, Mrs Scott, and our special guest for the morning, the Mayor of Chelmsford, Councillor […]
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Inspirational Heathcote teacher honoured in prestigious celebration of teaching

Heathcote School’s Georgina Pennycook has been shortlisted as ‘Outstanding New Teacher of the Year’ in the 2021 Pearson National Teaching Awards. Please find our official statement below: * A teacher at Heathcote Preparatory School & Nursery of Danbury, Essex, has been honoured as a Silver Award winner in the Pearson National Teaching Awards. Selected from thousands of entries, Heathcote’s Georgina […]
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