Head Teacher's Welcome

I am delighted to welcome you to the digital platform for Heathryburn School. Here, you can navigate your way through information designed to increase your knowledge and understanding of our school, our Nursery, our vision values and aims, our curriculum rationale, our policies and procedures and our journey to provide a safe, happy and nurturing learning environment for our young people.

I am Louise Pressley, Head Teacher for Heathryburn School, and was appointed as the substantive Head Teacher in July 2020, after being Acting Head Teacher from April 2019. Along with the staff team, we are committed to driving improvement within Heathryburn School to facilitate learners to build confidence and capacity to lead their learning .

Heathryburn School is in the Northfield area of Aberdeen, within Aberdeen City Council's North Locality Group. We have a consistent school roll, with the Nursery full to capacity.

Heathryburn School is a place where our learners come to develop their skills, to learn, and grow. Our young people are at the centre of our decision making and we are passionately committed to supporting them, within the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence, to become successful learners, responsible citizens, confident individuals, and effective contributors. We strive to create a culture of creativity, innovation, fun, challenge, and wellbeing that meets the needs of all our learners, whilst developing their resilience, skills, and capacity to be ready for a life of learning and work.

Our vision is to provide high quality education which inspires our learners to achieve their full potential and equips them with the skills for a successful healthy and happy life – Learning is Life Changing. At Heathryburn School, we share a clear vision, value and aims, that were created in collaboration with all stakeholders. 

At Heathryburn School we work in partnership with the families of our young people to provide them with meaningful learning opportunities while embedding qualities and skills for lifelong learning. Effective relationships with our partners and parents, combined with a drive for our families to be involved in their children’s learning enable us to have an impact beyond just the classroom. Every child in this school matters and we strive to get it right for all children.

Heathryburn School prides itself on being an inclusive learning environment that provides our young people with the necessary supports and interventions to succeed. We can only be successful in our work with the support and co-operation of our learners, staff, parents, partners and wider school community.   

We look forward to building these relationships with you and your child throughout their time here at Heathryburn School. We want to build transparent, open and honest relationships where everyone feels appreciated, valued and listened too.

Please don’t hesitate to contact the school if there is anything we can help with.

Kind Regards

Louise  Pressley

Head Teacher