Highbury is an independent school for boys from Gr R - Grade 7 with a co-educational pre-primary unit called the Weavers' Nest. Founded in 1903, the school has a proud tradition of quality education encompassing academics, culture and sport.
Highbury caters for more than 550 boys in a vibrant and stimulating learning environment. Dedicated and caring staff, along with superb facilities ensure that every boy is given the opportunity to achieve his personal best. Highbury has a co-educational pre-primary unit, the Weavers' Nest, which caters for Grade 0000 to Grade 00. These 100 children are under the care of six fully qualified pre-primary staff, four teacher assistants and various interns.
MESSAGE FROM THE HEADMASTER
Mr Richard Stanley
Although Highbury is 109 years old, it is a school for and about the future. With roots that provide us with an essential contact with the past, its people, its history and its values, we are proud, too, to have developed a dynamic, cutting-edge, stretch philosophy that has created a reach for the sky approach to all that happens in this centre of primary learning. Highbury is fundamentally about child-centred teaching and skills-based, 21st Century learning. We count it a real privilege to be in the business of moulding lives.
HIGHBURY PREPARATORY SCHOOL
MISSION STATEMENT:
Highbury is a boys' Christian preparatory school which offers all-round, relevant and dynamic education, within a caring environment, equipping its pupils with values, skills and knowledge to deal with the demands of a changing and challenging world.
ACADEMIC MISSION:
For every teacher to create a stimulating environment which will embrace diverse learning styles enabling every boy to acquire the necessary skills, knowledge, attitudes and values equipping him for the following year...and beyond.
OUR CORE VALUES:
- Christian morals and values
- Respect for self, others and family
- Family responsibility
- Trust - mutual and relational
- Responsible citizenship within the community, society, the environment and globally
HIGHBURY PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL-WEAVERS' NEST
A BIG HEART FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
The Weavers' Nest at Highbury is a co-educational pre-primary school offering guided learning through play to young girls and boys.
OUR CORE VALUES:
- Christian morals and values
- Respect for self, others and family
- Trust
- Acceptance of others
- Respect for the environment
Weavers' Nest Pre-Primary School
Foundation Phase
Senior Primary
