Latymer Prep School

Ethos and Aims

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Latymer Prep School provides a supportive learning environment within which the potential of each child to progress and achieve is seen as unlimited.

 Our Ethos 

  • We aim to inspire a love of learning and of life. Through support, guidance and encouragement we seek to nurture self-confidence and resilience in our pupils to enable them to achieve to the highest academic standards, to find self-fulfilment and to be happy
  • We seek to be an emotionally intelligent school which nurtures a sense of social responsibility in our children and where social, cultural and religious diversity is valued and celebrated

Our Aims

  • To provide equal opportunity for academically able students from all walks of life to develop their talents to the full.
  • To provide a choice of academic courses taught to the highest level in a broad, imaginative and developing curriculum, supported by a wide range of extracurricular activities, thereby giving all children the opportunity to excel in both their academic studies and their extra-curricular activities.
  • To encourage independence of thought and approach in the pursuit of excellence in all activities.
  • To educate our children into a recognition of their wider social responsibilities, particularly through educational activities including community links and partnership schools, to prepare them to become active citizens within their community.
  • To maintain a focused environment within which an awareness of the needs of others and respect for all members of the community – children, teachers, support staff and parents – is paramount.
  • To recognise and celebrate the richness and diversity of the range of cultural, religious and social backgrounds within our school community
  • To encourage in all Latymerians a pride in their school and the wish to exemplify to the world our values of tolerance, respect and intellectual curiosity
  • To inspire a love of learning and of life. Through support, guidance and encouragement we seek to nurture self-confidence and resilience in our pupils to enable them to achieve to the highest academic standards, to find self-fulfilment and to be happy