Our Values and Ethos

Mission

Our mission is to provide a world-class education for every student that chooses us. We believe that we can add value to every student and we strive to do this every day through outstanding teaching and market-leading pre-university advice. We will strive to enhance and develop a bespoke extra-curricular and enrichment programme.

Vision

We will be the first-choice private college in West London for students who wish to study A level or GCSE courses. Parents will see joining in us as an investment in their children’s future.

Core values

Our values, in common with our partners at Dukes Education are:

Education first

Our students are at the centre of everything we do. We are always engaging, always inspiring, always striving to deliver the best experience for our students and for ourselves. We are passionate in our belief that a quality educational experience can change the life of a learner.

Aspirational

We aim to inspire and empower students to aim high, as well as providing a first-class education. We aim to provide pathways to university both in the UK and worldwide.

Bespoke

We aim to build a personal relationship with our students and to train them to be independent learners setting personalised goals and developing their learning skills.

Premier

We believe that the experiences offered at our college should feel as special as the students they are designed for and that they truly feel they have joined the market leader.

Aims and expectations

We expect our students to:

• Work with us to be the very best they can be
• Take responsibility for their learning, their actions and for the wellbeing of others
• Be ready and prepared to learn
• Want to become independent learners
• Have a global outlook
• Be honest and to forgive
• Be ambitious, aspirational and excited by their future
• Be respectful towards their teachers, peers, the non-teaching staff and their learning spaces
• Be prepared and willing to share their college, possessions, ideas, time, experiences and the planet
• Understand, appreciate, respect, value and embrace differences
• Treat others as they would like to be treated
• Be happy, confident and empowered

We aim:

• To add value to the academic performance of every student who chooses to join us and to help them to achieve the highest possible GCSE and A level grades
• To support, encourage and value every student
• To encourage every student to make an informed, ambitious and realistic university choice considering universities in the UK and abroad
• To ensure that whether students join us in year 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13 they stay with us for as long as they want to be in education and achieve their academic potential with us
• To create a sense of ownership of and community within the college through an ever-improving extra-curricular programme, creation of positions of responsibility and development of student common areas
• To create a culture of world-class, innovative teaching and learning
• To maintain and promote a culture of continuous improvement to enable all staff and students to be aligned on achieving outstanding performance and realising their individual potential and aspirations
• To offer well-being and respect, regardless of ethnicity, gender, faith, sexual orientation, religion or disability, such that we are an excellent college of choice