Our mission statement

‘Old Heath is a safe place for your child to learn, achieve and enjoy success.’

is exactly what we all work together to achieve for every child in school no matter what!

Our view of learning, achieving and being successful is very varied, whether it’s a child learning to get dressed independently, a child overcoming the intricacies of algebra, a child who jumps into the deep end of a swimming pool for the first time, a child constructing a basic sentence and then developing it to engage a reader, a child who becomes skilled in climbing trees or whittling, a child who knows what it means to overcome a fear, a child who can empathise with another child and work through a problem together or a child who proudly recalling their first five ‘sounds’ in Early Years.

Our children have developed the concept of having ‘Old Heath Heart’; it came out of the Year 6 Leavers' Assembly in the Summer of 2015 when we talked about the moment you walk out of Old Heath School for the last time with your head held high and knowing that you will always have a piece of Old Heath in your heart to ensure that you always did the right thing through the rest of your life. Our values became central to that ‘Old Heath Heart’ and are well known and used throughout the school;

‘TRY OUR BEST, THINK OF OTHERS,

TELL THE TRUTH & SHOW RESPECT’

These values are engraved onto our ‘Old Heath Heart Awards’ introduced for the first time on 26th February 2016. Each week a child is chosen from Early Years & Key Stage 1 and another from Key Stage 2 who best demonstrates and reflects our values in their life at school.

We hope that if your child comes to join us at Old Heath, you too, will work with us to encourage your child to have ‘Old Heath Heart’ and enjoy many new experiences, lots of firsts, developing their personal resilience and understanding what it means to work for success.

Our children have also created their own 'vision statement'. The initial version was created some years ago now but every couple of years or so the children, in our Monday Whole School Assembly and then in our KS1 and KS2 assemblies, talk about the sentences, changing words and revitalising it for how they see their life in school and their futures.

Our children believe...

We want to be kind-hearted, patient, trustworthy and have a sense of humour! 

We understand the importance of equality, including others and being included ourselves.

We want to feel safe and protected and for others to feel the same too. Treating others as we would expect to be treated.

We need to be hardworking to learn and be proud of our achievements; working together to have fun and always trying our best!

To make sure that we are bold in speaking up for ourselves but that we can also listen to others and their ideas and opinions

We need to develop our capability to persevere with challenges and be resilient.

Be creative and learn from our mistakes. Take a risk, have a go and be adventurous!

Throughout our school years and into our futures we want to be brave, confident, determined and be positive about our amazing selves!