Aims and Values

The Purpose of the School

St Edward’s seeks to benefit the public by promoting and providing for the advancement of the education of children in a liberal and open community.  The School seeks to achieve that aim:

• by promoting scholarship through curiosity, creativity, collaboration, intelligence, innovation, and endeavour;
•  by delivering excellence in teaching and learning, in pastoral care, in co-curricular opportunity, in working with parents, in sustainability, in all School facilities;
•  by inspiring and celebrating commitment to service, within and outside the School community.

The Values of the School

St. Edward’s was founded on Christian principles, which continue to provide the foundation for our values and which, through Chapel, remain central to the life of the School.

Integrity: the value of honesty to ourselves and to each other

• We seek to earn and to deserve the trust of others, by acting rightly and justly
• We take responsibility for our words and actions
• We acknowledge our mistakes and we learn from them

Kindness: the value of love

• We feel and show compassion for others, always listening and seeking always to understand
• We value, respect and include others without regard for differences
• We treat others as we would have them treat us

Courage: truthfulness to our values at the testing point

• We stand up for what we believe to be right, speaking up for ourselves and for others
• We seek to bring out the best in others
• We persevere with resilience, with forgiveness and with patience