Alice Fletcher welcomes you to Heatherton Girls School
Heatherton is a forward-thinking, innovative school with a very special close family feel that is renowned in the Buckinghamshire area. We are in the enviable position of being a prep school within the Berkhamsted Schools Group, so we are able to retain our nurturing ethos while still benefiting from all the facilities, resources and teaching expertise that comes from being part of this outstanding and historic family of Schools. Heatherton was founded over 100 years ago and is an IAPS with a kite mark for excellence and an admirable record for success.
“I am a strong believer in all-girls education, and I very much felt a strong fit with Heatherton as soon as I walked in, as a school with so much going on inside. I think girls flourish in an environment where they are free to be themselves, and at Heatherton, the girls are confident to do well because they are known, heard and understood.”
Mrs Alice Fletcher, BA
Headteacher of Heatherton
Alice Fletcher is the Headteacher of Heatherton School. Following an education in all-girls schools, Alice gained a degree in Business Management at The University of Leeds. It was in Leeds that she started volunteering at a local primary school and found her passion for teaching. She gained a PGCE at Froebel College at Roehampton University. Alice brings a wide breadth of experience from 20 years in teaching and leadership across the state-maintained, international and independent sectors. She has recently been a governor at a local school in Henley, where she lives with her husband. She is often found walking her dog by the river, gardening or reading.
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Why Heatherton?
Pupils achieve highly and exceed expectations across all areas, well above their commensurate ages.
Forward thinking and outward looking enough not to be a bubble, but there’s a lovely innocence about this small girls’ school nonetheless.
Teachers’ insistence on high expectations ensures that pupils strive from, and achieve, high standards in their learning and gain skills that enable them to make positive transitions within their school and to their senior schools.
