The Year 7 students have their own class teacher with whom they do the majority of their work. Depending on the skills and interests of the teachers, a system of rotation for different learning areas may occur.

The Year 8 students are taught by a team of teachers. Generally each class will have the same teacher for English and Society and Environment, and another teacher for Science and Mathematics. This ensures that nearly 50% of their week, students are taught within the Secondary Years, by 2 teachers. For the remainder of the week, students move to other learning area sites with subject specialist teachers.

Year 9 students are placed in to home groups so that have at least 1 learning area taught by their home group teacher.

Each year level has a year level mentor, who with class and home group teachers, meet regularly to discuss the needs and specific programmes for that group of students.

Each week a pastoral care lesson occurs that supports students with social and life skills.

Students in our Years 10-12 are offered individualised educational opportunities to cater for their personal educational needs, based on their own aspirations for their future after school. Our aim is to ensure that every student who leaves The Heights School has the capabilities and skills to take control of their lives in ways that will benefit not only themselves, but the community and society in which they live and contribute to.

We do this by providing expert teachers who deliver rigorous teaching and learning programs which encourage students to become optimistic, powerful and independent critical thinkers and learners. Our students do this by modelling the school’s values of “have a go, go hard and keep going” by focussing on extending inquiry, critical thinking and problem solving.