Heathfield Knoll School and First Steps Day Nursery is a small independent non-denominational day school and day nursery in
Wolverley
Wolverley is a village; with nearby Cookley (1 mi northeast), it forms a civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. It is 2 miles north of Kidderminster and lies on the River Stour and the Staffordshire and ...
, near
Kidderminster
Kidderminster is a large market and historic minster town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Birmingham and north of Worcester. Located north of the River Stour and east of the River Severn, in the 2011 census, it ha ...
in
Worcestershire
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,
England
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, for boys and girls aged three months to 18 years.
The school is a registered charity, governed by a board of trustees, formed as the Heathfield Educational Trust in 1970.
The school is a member of the Independent Schools Association and the Independent Schools Council.
The School is divided into four sections. Upper School, Middle School, Lower School and Early Years.
Heathfield Knoll also have a head of safeguarding, as led by Teresa Stooksbury and office manager is Julie Onions.
History
Heathfield School has its origins in 1620, when Wolverley Grammar School was founded by
William Sebright.
This was renamed Sebright School in 1931, when it occupied new buildings on a greenfield site opened by the then local MP
Stanley Baldwin who shortly afterwards became
prime minister
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. Financial difficulties forced the school to close down in 1970, and its main premises became a state school (now
Wolverley C E Secondary School). However, its junior section which had opened in 1961, remained in existence and has extended its age range back up to 18.
Heathfield now has an international affiliate in
Bangkok
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, Thailand, the former Lord Shaftesbury School, now renamed Heathfield International.
In January 2017, Heathfield School and the Knoll School merged to create the current Heathfield Knoll School and First Steps Day Nursery.
Performance
All Heathfield's GCSE candidates achieved at least five A* to C grades in 2007 and again in 2008.
The school was inspected by the
Independent Schools Inspectorate in September 2008. The report found that the school met its aims of providing a healthy balance of academic and extra-curricular activities. Pastoral care was described as "outstanding" and the school's relationship with the local community was also commended. Overall teaching was good, although access to computer facilities needed expanding. Literacy and numeracy skills were found to be strongly promoted. The curriculum was well planned. Test results were well above, and in maths and science far above, the national average. There had been achievements in sports, music and drama.
Old Wolvernians
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Clare Irby, socialite and Guinness family heiress
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See also
*
List of English and Welsh endowed schools (19th century)
This is a list of some of the endowed schools in England and Wales existing in the early part of the 19th century. It is based on the antiquarian Nicholas Carlisle's survey of "Endowed Grammar Schools" published in 1818 with descriptions of 475 sc ...
References
External links
Heathfield School
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Independent schools in Worcestershire