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ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The St. Annes College is an independent co-educational day and
boarding school for students up to the age of 18. There are three main
departments; a Kindergarten for children aged 2 to 4+, an Infant and
Junior School for children aged 4+ to 11 and a Grammar School for
students aged from 11 to 18+.
One of the main features of the College and one of its greatest
strengths is the individual attention given to the students by virtue
of the small classes. At present, classes in the College contain
approximately 16 pupils with much smaller groups at advanced level. In
such a small community both staff and pupils come to know each other
well. There is a friendly atmosphere and always someone to turn to for
advice or encouragement.
The College is a member of the National Association for Gifted
Children and an Associate Member of the Boarding Schools Association.
It was founded in 1882 and moved into the present premises in 1902.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE COLLEGE
The Philosophy of the College is that learning should be first and
foremost an enjoyable experience. In order to achieve this, The St.
Annes College provides a friendly, welcoming environment as well as a
competent and understanding staff. There is a genuine commitment to
the principle of Education for Life and the overall aim of the College
is to use the teaching skills of the staff to obtain the highest level
of motivation in each of the students, in the hope that it will remain
with them for the rest of their lives.
THE AIMS OF THE COLLEGE
The College aims to give its students the best opportunity of
preparing for the G.C.S.E., and in the case of the more able students,
to provide the opportunity of entry into the universities and other
forms of higher education via ‘A2’ levels, ‘A/S’ levels and GNVQ
examinations. The College tries to make the lives of its students full
and happy, to encourage a sense of service to the community, and,
through the prefect system and the house system, to develop leadership
and the ability to bear responsibility. Thus, it is hoped, even those
students who cannot pass every examination, will take away from the
College things which will be of great value to them in the future – a
cultural background to their lives, a consciousness of where their
particular talents lie, poise and balance, personal dignity and self
respect, a standard of values, good manners, and not least, the
abilities to think for themselves, to be able to reason and to retain
the desire to learn.
STANDARDS
In January, 2000 the School was formally inspected on behalf of the
Department for Education and Employment. Her Majesty’s Inspectors
found that “The School is well organised and achieves good standards.
…. “Teaching is good and students learn well.” ….. “Much attention has
been given to the assessment of students’ performance within a
balanced curriculum.” ….. The School’s resources in general, and
Information Technology development in particular, were both praised. |
