Aims of Hereford Cathedral School

It is the aim of Hereford Cathedral School to provide a structured and stable environment in which pupils may flourish and develop their full potential in academic, aesthetic, physical and personal terms and develop their character and personality so as to become caring and self-disciplined adults. As part of an ancient Cathedral foundation, and as a Choir School, which has the privilege of a Cathedral as its chapel, we are a Christian School in the Anglican tradition, although we welcome people of other denominations and faiths.

The School places great value on maintaining close, constructive communication with parents and seeks to establish the education of each pupil as a joint endeavour not merely a process.

The School seeks:

• to provide an excellent education whereby pupils achieve the highest standard of academic success, according to ability and potential, and develop their character and personality so as to become caring and self-disciplined adults

• to meet pupils’ academic and personal needs and to promote the acquisition of moral values;

• to provide an environment in which pupils feel valued, safe and learn to work co-operatively in a self- disciplined community;

• to ensure that pupils achieve their academic potential in a climate where teaching and learning of high quality are given central priority;

• to provide a balanced, appropriate and challenging curriculum and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities;

• to ensure a high degree, within and outside the formal pastoral structure, of personal care, support and guidance;

• to respond to pupils’ aspirations and to be attentive to those of parents, and to their views.

While academic performance to the maximum of each pupil’s potential is a central objective of both the school and the parent body, the school seeks with equal emphasis to prepare its pupils for the wider and longer experience of life beyond school and thus to educate them in certain qualities and values. These, amongst others, include: self-discipline, diligence, acceptance of responsibility and challenge, regard for proper authority, honesty, unselfishness, courtesy, fairness, trustworthiness, loyalty, sensitivity to the needs and views of others, courage, the capacity to look to the future.

The School aims to fulfil its charitable status through service to the local community by provision for Cathedral choristers, charitable fund-raising, the loan of buildings, and other services to the community. Through competitive fee levels and the award of choristerships, scholarships, and bursaries, the pupil body reflects a wide cross section of the local population.