Henlow VC Middle School

A message from our headteacher

Henlow VC Middle School provides a well ordered and caring environment in which all children are encouraged to work to the best of their ability and to strive for the highest standards. Every pupil is provided with a range of experiences, and encouraged to develop interests and skills which will form the basis for future learning and social development.

Our broad aim is to provide opportunity for self development and self fulfilment for the children here, to enable them to realise their full potential.

To be more specific, however, this School seeks to pass on to each new generation of children the knowledge, skills, ideas, attitudes and values which are judged necessary to make it possible to live - and live well - in our society. Societies change, however, and in our modern times they change quickly. It follows then that we need to provide not only experiences which enable children to grasp the essentials of this world as it is, but also experiences which will make them ready to fulfil themselves in a world which is likely to be different from today's.

Therefore, the School stands not only for tradition and conformity, but also for the future and a willingness to accept, and at times stimulate fresh thoughts and ideas.

Ray Payne