Mission and Aims

Seek Excellence

• Recognise, develop and provide opportunities for the highest possible individual academic effort, attainment and achievement across a linguistic, mathematical, scientific, technological, human and social, physical and aesthetic and creative curriculum;

• Ensure pupils have excellent attitudes to school and self, maintaining physical and mental wellbeing;

• Recognise and nurture gifts, talents and success in sports, performing arts, hobbies, interests and other pursuits;

Nurture relationships

• Ensure respectful, caring and facilitative relationships and behaviour between all members of the school family, and beyond into the wider community, for the benefit of all;

• Provide excellent pastoral, spiritual, ethical and moral understanding for boys and girls;

• Maintain small class sizes and school pupil roll, with a semi-selective, inclusive ethos, and meet the academic and pastoral needs of every pupil admitted;

Venture beyond

• Foster an independent, reflective, risk-taking, responsible, aspirant work-ethic;

• Ensure success in achieving ambitious vocational or educational next steps for all pupils;

• Encourage pupils to be economically, environmentally and socially aware.