The school teaches a very wide curriculum which encompasses a generous allocation in every pupil’s timetable for Music, Art, Drama and Physical Education. All pupils study English, Mathematics, Science, French, Technology, History, Geography and Scripture from the outset, and are introduced to Latin in Year 5 and another modern foreign language (Spanish) thereafter. Pupils sitting for scholarships are also taught Greek and in addition Mandarin is offered as an optional further language.

The school has a well-equipped ICT suite, and computing, including programming and robotics, is taught to all pupils as a subject in its own right as well as being used in other subjects as an aid to learning.

Our academic programme is delivered with the support of our integrated system of real classes and online learning. We call these ‘hybrid classrooms’.  All children start using this system from Year 3.

Hybrid classrooms are equipped with the latest video technology which enable pupils to access live lessons online, if needed.  All lessons are also recorded to the Cloud and available to parents and pupils in a catch-up library on our Learning Management System (LMS) together with associated teaching resources. The whole syllabus from Year 4 to scholarship level in Year 8 is also available to pupils and parents on catch-up to facilitate pupils’ learning.

Considerable advantage is also taken of field trips and outings both locally and further afield including to France and to the school’s field studies centre on Exmoor.