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About the School
Highlands Primary School in a 3 forms of entry school, with a
separate nursery with places for 60 part time pupils, situated on
Highlands Gardens in Ilford, Essex. It is within walking
distance of both Redbridge tube and Ilford main-line
stations. Located on a quiet residential street it can also
be accessed by a number of bus routes.
The school was built in 1905 and every effort is made to
maintain the unique character and attractive features of the
school, whilst providing many modern facilities which include a
large computer room, drama studio and an activity room for pupils
on Reception classes and Key Stage 1.
In 1997 Highlands benefited from a new building which linked two
previously seperate buildings. This provided an attractive
main entrance and welcome area, administration, caretaking and Head
Teacher's offices and a first aid room. "The Link Building"
also provided a staff-room and various other offices.
Highlands is a "Learning to Learn" school. We are involved
in an exciting research project which is focused on how brain based
research can enhance the effectiveness of our teaching and
learning.
Highlands is one of the largest schools in the area and has its
full complement of Art, Maths, English, Science, Music, Drama and
ICT facilities. Children's learning benefits from a large
stock of curriculum support resources, ranging from computers, a
wide range of musical instruments and tools for technology, science
and maths, to well a resourced classroom reading and art area, and
equipment to encourage physical and sporting prowess.
We currently have actively competitive rugby, netball and
football teams as well as numerous other extra curricula clubs and
societies. These include African drumming, Indian dance and
instrumental playing (sitar, harmonium and tabla) drama, recorders
and orchestra. Some of these clubs are NOF funded.
At Highlands we celebrate a rich and vibrant ethnically diverse
culture which celebrates our unity as well as our
differences. The recent Ofsted report confirmed that
Highlands "is a very good school with many excellent features".
Useful documents
Admission
Criteria for community primary schools (PDF 78kb)
Admissions criteria for our community primary schools for academic
year 2008/9. For information on admissions to our denominational
schools, see each school's individual admissions criteria.