Education Gold Coast introduces Highfields State School in Highfields, for all your education and learning needs.
Highfields State School is situated on the New England Highway seventeen kilometres north of Toowoomba. Highfields is a relatively middle-class "dormitory outer suburb" of Toowoomba which is developing a town centre and separate identity 2.3 kilometres west of the school. Growth rate within the community is currently 5.9%.
Highfields State School is included in the Darling Downs South West Education Region, Toowoomba District. The school was established in 1870. The school campus includes the main Primary (Prep - Year 7) campus as well as the Special Education Program (which also manages student with disabilities across other smaller schools in the area.)
The majority of parents/care-givers are well educated and achievement-oriented. They set high standards for themselves and for their children, and consequently have high expectations of their school in terms of how they perceive their child’s learning should be supported, and the general level of service delivered by the school. These expectations are reflected in a quite active and supportive Parents & Citizens Association, a large group of parent helpers on a day-to-day basis involved in learning programs as well as with special events, and a high level of community-wide involvement at a "grass roots" level.
The core business of the school is delivered via the three areas of focus as defined by Education Queensland:
Learning: pedagogy, curriculum programs and initiatives, students and their achievements
Schools: the learning environment, the community, resources, governance
Workforce: capability and flexibility, professional learning and development, organisation, composition, deployment
