Vision and Values

Strategy 2030 – Our Next Chapter

A new Head. A renewed strategy. The next chapter for King’s.

This September marks an important moment for The King’s School Chester. As we welcome Mr Luke Rogers as our new Head, we are also looking confidently to the future with the launch of our renewed Strategy 2030.

Our strategy builds on the strengths and distinctive character of King’s today, while setting out our ambitions for the school and our pupils over the years ahead. It reflects both what we value about a King’s education and our determination to ensure that it continues to evolve for the world our young people will enter.

Welcome to The King’s School

Aims

Our aim is to provide a first-class independent education, both through outstanding academic tuition and through giving all our pupils the opportunities to develop wider sporting, artistic and social skills. We nurture spiritual growth and provide a diverse and inclusive environment where each pupil can develop and fulfil their potential, which will allow them to flourish in their future lives.

Values

In caring about excellence and each other, and in promoting enjoyment and happiness through fulfilment, the members of the King’s community strive to:

Aspire

• We want all our students to aspire to be the very best versions of themselves. This relates to both their academic achievement, where we want them to attain their ‘sustainable best’, and just as importantly to their personal development as unique individuals. Excellent qualifications remain important, but the nurture of attributes such as resilience, adaptability, emotional intelligence and curiosity are arguably even more significant in today’s world.

Respect

• We want our students to have respect for themselves and others in the school community, particularly their fellow students. We believe that allowing young people to be comfortable in their own skin, as well as respectful of difference in others with regard to diversity, are both essential. We also want our students to respect their surroundings in terms of the school itself, where they live outside school and with due regard to the global environment.

 Collaborate

• We want our students to collaborate effectively so that they can achieve more than they would on their own and learn how to work effectively with others. We also want them to collaborate positively as part of the broader school community and in doing so contribute to a higher purpose than simply advancing themselves. Human collaboration is only going to become more relevant in the years ahead.