Heritage Private School

Technology is incorporated throughout the School, both as a core subject, but also through our iPad 1-1 programme. We are highly satisfied with the way the programme has been integrated into our curriculum in the last few years. It is a modern approach to learning which allows for greater differentiation and a more independent, personalised, active and engaging learning experience for our students.

Yes, the School already uses virtual classrooms technologies.

Extracurricular activities are essential throughout the School in developing wider interests, depending on age. We offer over 100 clubs weekly at our school. Such activities include the visual and performing arts, languages, creative writing competitions, public speaking and debating. Termly lists of clubs for each age range from Reception to Year 13 are available from the School Office and on the Parent Portal. The School is also involved in EU educational and community projects, and other projects within Cyprus and internationally. The School also offers The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. The School offers the Heritage Football Academy, the Heritage Basketball Academy, specialist tennis coaching, plus a variety of different sports teams which participate in inter-school tournaments. Please see https://heritageschool.ac.cy/beyond-the-classroom/clubs-clinics/

Please see https://heritageschool.ac.cy/extracurricular/sports/

During the school year our sports teams compete in friendly games or tournaments organised amongst other private schools from Cyprus, offering our students the chance to represent our school. Our Sports Teams include: Boys Football team, Girls Football team, Boys Basketball team, Girls Basketball team, Tag Rugby team and Cricket team. The School is also proud to deliver the Duke of Edinburgh Award. In addition, every year, a number of friendly sports games take place between Students and Staff (e.g. football, basketball, volleyball). These games are fun, exciting and strengthen the relationship between Students and Staff.

The many sports facilities at the School’s on-site Stadium area include: • One five-a-side football pitch which can also accommodate 7-a-side or 8-a-side football games • A FIFA Star 1 full-size football pitch • An outdoor basketball court built to the official dimensions stated by the International Basketball Federation • An outdoor netball court • Two outdoor volleyball courts • Two tennis courts; a dividing enables both tennis courts to be used at the same time if required • Two cricket practice nets, including facilities for floodlit cricket 20/20 and 6-a-side tournaments • Two Padel courts • Facilities for track field events such as 100m running and 110m hurdles, plus a range of other athletic events • Table Tennis • Hockey can be played on the football pitches or tennis courts • Rugby and Archery are also played at the School’s Stadium facilities The Heritage Fitness Centre in the Technology Building is open to the Public upon appointment with our coach and is a great place to keep fit. It also runs a Lifestyle Coaching Programme.

At The Heritage Private School we endorse equality of opportunity for all students, including those who are identified as having Special Educational Needs (SENs). Teachers are always alert to the possibility of a student having emotional/behavioural difficulties or learning differences such as dyslexia, and early identification enables appropriate assessment to be made and provision to be discussed. SENs also encompass those students who are exceptionally academically able. The School may suggest to parents/guardians that formal assessment and testing is sought from a qualified Educational Psychologist and/or other relevant professionals, in order to identify precise educational needs. Since intervention and remediation occurs most effectively at the earliest possible stage, the focus on strategies and programmes of work for individual students to follow as part of an Individual Education Plan (IEP) is centred on the Early Years School and Primary School years. Parents/guardians are an integral part of the consultation and supporting process and are consulted and informed about the success of the student’s progress towards targets on a regular basis. In the Secondary School, there is a policy and procedure in place for students with identified SENs who are eligible for Examination Access Arrangements, to ensure that they may fully utilise their special entitlements for internal and external examinations.

The School's Gifted & Talented programme identifies gifted students across all ages and subjects, and endeavours to provide them with peak formative experiences that will enable them to reach their maximum potential over the course of their School life and beyond. Our provision ranges from the regular dissemination of specialist academic material targeting each student's particular intellectual interests to the regular organisation of super-curricular lectures delivered by leading Academics across a wide range of disciplines. The culmination of the School's Gifted & Talented programme is our specialist Oxbridge provision in Key Stage 5. Here, students aiming to gain entrance to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge are given personalised small-group sessions wherein every aspect of strengthening a prospective Oxbridge application is extensively dealt with from the beginning of Year 12 up to and including pre-interview assessments, interviews, and offers in Year 13