"Teaching is underpinned by the strong bonds between the children and staff."
ISI Inspection Report, 2023
Highfield Priory School has a dedicated team of passionate and talented staff, ensuring each child achieves their full potential. Our staff members are highly qualified, up to date with the latest teaching strategies and between them they enjoy a wealth of experience of working with young children. We have low staff turnover ensuring continuity and expertise across both the school and nursery. We strongly believe that outstanding staff are essential for an outstanding education; for this reason lots of time and effort goes into recruiting the very best.
Some of our Year 6 interviewed our staff for their articles in the Annual Highfield Gazette, extracts of these interviews have been included below.
Headmaster
School Business Manager - Clerk to the Governors
Deputy Head - Year 6 Class Teacher - Mathematics Co-ordinator
Mrs Prince has been to Leighton Hall three times and each time she has done a different activity, such as outdoor survival skills, a bird of prey display and a craft session. She really enjoys learning history and looking at historical buildings like Leighton Hall.
Assistant Head - Year 3 Class Teacher - ICT Co-ordinator
Early Years Foundation Stage Co-ordinator - Preschool Teacher
Reception Class Teacher
Year 1 Class Teacher - PSHE Co-ordinator
Year 2 Class Teacher - Science Co-ordinator
Ms Eccles went to Manor Adventure, with Years 5 and 6, along with some of the other teachers. In her free time, she likes to help run her local village hall. Her favourite food is pasta bolognaise. If Ms Eccles wasn’t a teacher, she would have worked for a charity. She thinks that Manor Adventure is a good place for children because it so much fun. The best top tip from Mrs Eccles is to have fun in the woodlands or fields and the amazing activities there.
She loves animals and has a dog called Bruce who looks like a cuddly bear. In her spare time, she walks her dog. Her greatest achievement is her two wonderful and kind daughters. Lastly, I asked her if she could describe herself in five words what would it be. She replied with “A little crazy but fun.”
Year 4 Class Teacher - R.E. Co-ordinator - Drama/HPSED Co-ordinator
Year 5 Class Teacher - French Co-ordinator
In her free time, Mrs Morrice loves to do pilates, drawing and reading. Her favourite foods are croissants and any type of pasta dish. She does not have any pets but if she did, she would have a pet kitten. She loves her job as a teacher, but if she wasn’t, she would be a fashion designer. She is unsure whether she enjoys living in England or France more; she likes the people in the UK but the weather in France is nicer and you can go out more. Her favourite holiday destination is Nice, France because you can go out to the beach whilst also visiting family members.
Year 6 Class Teacher - English Co-ordinator
Year 6 Class Teacher - Music Co-ordinator
Miss Macklam began to play the piano at the age of 6 and achieved the highest grade - Grade 8 - when she was 19. Her brother used to play the piano too but stopped at Grade 5. Miss Macklam’s top three tips for young pianists are to practise, make sure you enjoy what you are playing and have some variety in your choice of music.
She reads at night and on holiday. Her favourite children’s author used to be Enid Blyton, but now it is Michael Morpurgo. She loves mystery books. Miss Macklam’s favourite ice-cream flavour is chocolate chip. She wanted to be a police officer growing up but has never thought about it ever since becoming a teacher.
Learning Support Co-ordinator - Music Teacher
Humanities Co-ordinator
Mrs Davidson loves travelling to big cities including Paris and Budapest in her free time, as well as doing pottery and so far, has created four vases and three bowls. She said that if she wasn’t a humanities teacher she would be an art teacher as she enjoys going to see art galleries. If Mrs Davidson were to be a famous explorer, she would be Neil Armstrong because he did an incredible task: being the first person on the moon.
Supply Teacher
Art Co-ordinator
PE & Games Co-ordinator
Mrs Parsons, in her free time, enjoys running and skiing (in France). She has one sister and no pets; she likes reading, but she has little time to do so. If she had to be a student again, she would like to sit at a desk again. If Mrs Parsons wasn’t a PE teacher, she’d be a pro-sports person.
PE & Games Teacher
Mrs Botton started to learn and enjoy badminton when she was around 20 years old. In her spare time, she likes to play netball and hockey. Mrs Botton’s top tip for badminton is to always be in the ready position when receiving the shuttle. Her advice for someone starting a new career in badminton is to master the basic techniques and just enjoy themselves. She loves being a PE teacher as she loves inspiring children to love sport as much as she does.
Early Years Practitioner - Reception
Early Years Practitioner - Year 1
Early Years Practitioner - Year 2
Classroom Assistant
Supply Classroom Assistant
Supply Classroom Assistant
Lunchtime Supervisor
Nursery Manager
Forest School Leader - Nursery Deputy Manager
Nursery Deputy Manager
Early Years Practitioner - Nursery
Early Years Practitioner - Nursery
Early Years Practitioner - Nursery
Early Years Practitioner - Nursery
Early Years Practitioner - Preschool
Early Years Practitioner - Preschool
Early Years Practitioner - Preschool - Forest School
Early Years Practitioner - Supply
Headmaster's PA
Assistant School Business Manager
Business Office Co-ordinator
Business Office Assistant
IT Technician
Communications Advisor
Site Supervisor
Caretaker
Chef
Assistant Chef
Catering Assistant
Kitchen Assistant
Kitchen Assistant & Cleaner
Cleaner
Cleaner
It was an action-packed week in Nursery and Forest School last week!
We were developing our fine motor skills and hand eye co-ordination as we used hammers to create our own wooden police cars. After all that crafting work, we were very happy to relax in the forest hammocks! 🙂 🙂Photos from Highfield Priory School and Nursery's post
10 hours ago
We are very excited to launch our Art Competition for Nurseries across the region in the Pre-School age group! 👩🎨 👨🎨
The theme is ‘Our Favourite Story’ and we are asking each Nursery to produce an A1-size collage based around their favourite book. Important dates to note:
- Registration deadline: Friday 28th February (see link below)
- Artwork to be ready for collection: Monday 17th March
- Exhibition at Highfield Priory: Saturday 22nd March
The winning Nursery will receive a £250 prize to spend on art and craft materials and there is also the opportunity for individual Pre-schoolers to submit their own A4 entry for the chance to win an art set.
We really hope this inspires all the budding young artists in the area and we can't wait to see what you come up with! 🤩 😃
Ready to create? Register your Nursery here:
form.jotform.com/250365104056044We are very excited to launch our Art Competition for Nurseries across the region in the Pre-School age group! 👩🎨 👨🎨
The theme is ‘Our Favourite Story’ and we are asking each Nursery to produce an A1-size collage based around their favourite book. Important dates to note:
- Registration deadline: Friday 28th February (see link below)
- Artwork to be ready for collection: Monday 17th March
- Exhibition at Highfield Priory: Saturday 22nd March
The winning Nursery will receive a £250 prize to spend on art and craft materials and there is also the opportunity for individual Pre-schoolers to submit their own A4 entry for the chance to win an art set.
We really hope this inspires all the budding young artists in the area and we can't wait to see what you come up with! 🤩 😃
Ready to create? Register your Nursery here:
form.jotform.com/250365104056044
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