The Curriculum

The School teaches all aspects of the National Curriculum but, because of our independence, we have the freedom to develop beyond it. This allows us to provide an education which is especially suited to our students, all of whom are bright and motivated. The curriculum is regularly reviewed in order to keep pace with new developments and it is taught by a highly qualified and dedicated staff. Each Department has excellent resources and specialist equipment.

The Infant and Junior Departments offer the full primary curriculum with the additional bonus of specialist teaching and access to the Senior School's resources.

All our pupils follow a broad curriculum in the first three years of the Senior School (Key Stage 3). There is a wide choice of subjects at GCSE allowing pupils to maintain a broad academic base for as long as possible.

In the Sixth Form, students choose their AS subjects from a list of approximately 30 options. Decisions about subjects to be studied in the Upper Sixth are not made until the end of the Lower Sixth year.

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