Aims & Ethos

At the heart of the Cathedral School is a desire to do the very best for each individual pupil, young and not quite so young. This is the major strength of being a small school. There are no strait-jackets here or pre-prepared moulds into which children are expected to fit. Instead there is a determination to find what is best in each and every individual so that all their talents can be developed.

Our aims are:

• to nurture every child as an individual in a secure environment
• to give to each the opportunity to make the most of his or her own gifts and to grow in faith
• to maintain a team of professional teachers to whom each child is important who can introduce their subjects with enthusiasm and drive
• to be a safe place where the whole personality can grow
• to foster good relations between staff and pupils and between the pupils themselves
• to be a place where value is fairly given to academic achievement and to the wider areas of the curriculum, the arts, sport and to music in its broadest sense
• to help pupils to move on to their chosen senior schools with confidence and with standards set for their lifetime