Aims and Ethos

Teaching and learning are at the heart of everything we do and standards are high.

These aims are held in common with Queen’s College, London

We value academic excellence for its own sake, rather than the sterile pursuit of marks.

• We measure our success by the development of each individual. We value personal integrity and the discernment to deal responsibly with the wider world.

We value teaching

• that inspires pupils and stimulates intellectual curiosity; that encourages intellectual rigour and the ability to make informed judgements; that helps pupils to know how to think, rather than what to think.

We value in pupils

• self-reliance and independence of mind; self-discipline and the determination to outstrip expectations; imagination and the courage to take risks.

“We shall be glad to improve our practice every day, not alter our principle”

F. D. Maurice