Independent learners

We have spent years perfecting a genuine research-based philosophy of education which we think is unique in the country and believe really equips our students to succeed at university and beyond.

We believe in a learning model whereby teachers and students engage in authentic, open-ended academic research in the sciences and humanities searching for answers to questions that, currently, none of them know.  By removing the traditional parameters to learning we are constantly astounded by what our students are capable of achieving beyond the standard curriculum.

Our way of measuring the success of our ethos is through the very high numbers of students who manage to secure places at Cambridge, Oxford and elite universities.  More than half of our university applicants secure places at top twenty or Russell Group universities, with others progressing on to elite universities abroad.  We attribute this success to the very ambitious and culturally rich Langton Curriculum.

Just as satisfying is observing how remarkably confident, self-assured and impressive our young men and women become, capable of taking their place as the leaders of their generation and evolving into the best versions of themselves it is possible to be.

We know that our job, in essence, is simple; to be older people helping younger people to become older people in order that they can go on to make positive contributions to future society.

Dr Ken Moffat, Headteacher