Our aims

AIMS

  1. To provide within the framework of a Christian community, an academic education for girls which will enable each individual to develop:
    • her abilities to the full
    • a wide range of interests and extra-curricular activities
    • a sense of personal values
  2. To make education a challenging and positive experience in which each girl can feel some measure of success and acquire confidence and self-esteem.
  3. To prepare girls for the challenges of the 21st century and in particular for work in a changing society where the role of women is still being defined.
  4. To provide the resources, human, financial and material, necessary to achieve these aims.

OBJECTIVES

  1. To provide:
    • a broad and balanced curriculum which supports the aims of the school and meets the requirements of the National Curriculum;
    • a wide range of extra-curricular activities;
    • teaching staff with the expertise, experience and interests to inspire girls with enthusiasm for their subjects and to act as role models;
    • effective administrative support;
    • planned professional development for both teaching and non-teaching staff;
    • up-to-date equipment and facilities;
    • well maintained buildings and grounds.
  2. To develop:
    • our system of pastoral care and counselling;
    • ways of giving each girl sufficient individual attention in both teaching and pastoral situations;
    • ways of giving greater recognition to the qualities other than academic which we value;
    • a real sense of community among the girls, staff and everyone involved with the school.