Our vALUES
At The King’s School, we embrace diversity in every sense, welcoming students from across the globe to experience our broad, innovative, and challenging summer programmes.
The original and oldest school, defined by its iconic location and foundation with Canterbury Cathedral, The King’ School has a unique history and heritage.
We offer students the opportunity to immerse themselves in this exclusive environment, that blends tradition with modern ambition whilst fostering creativity, curiosity, and personal growth.
We are dedicated to nurturing every student’s potential. Our pastoral care ensures each individual feels supported and empowered to achieve their version of success and fulfilment.
• Our pastoral provision supports each student to feel that they truly belong.
• Our inspiring curriculum challenges them to engage: with ideas, with activities and with opportunities.
• Our students are offered opportunities to connect with the world beyond King’s.
• Our education provides every students with all they will need to thrive, both at King’s and throughout their life.
We will nurture our diverse and inclusive community and support and champion every individual within it. We will help each student to develop their self-knowledge, self-confidence and resilience in a school culture which is characterised by care, encouragement and optimism.
We will expand the horizons and deepen the ambition of our students, offering an education which is intellectually exhilarating, exciting and fun. We will inspire our students to cultivate genuine interests within and beyond the classroom, challenging every individual to be the best they can be and to achieve their own version of excellence, success and fulfilment.
Enriched through partnerships and connected to the medieval city of Canterbury and the world beyond, our students develop a strong sense of social responsibility and global awareness, broadening their horizons and empowering them to understand the positive difference they can make.
A King’s education is a foundation for a life well lived. Students emerge as articulate and confident communicators, with the self-awareness and skills needed to forge their own futures as leaders and changemakers.
