insideKENT Magazine Issue 30 - September 2014 | Page 137

EDUCATION

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

St Edmund's School CANTERBURY
St Edmund’s School Canterbury is a co-educational day and boarding school for girls and boys
from the ages of 3 to 18 which understands and upholds the values of both stability and change.
The Head, Louise Moelwyn-Hughes, explains:
“The school’s core values remain constant in
that at the heart of all that we do remains a
tradition of academic excellence, a respect for
the individual, a belief in meritocracy, and a
commitment to ensuring that our young men and
women leave St Edmund’s not only with the
exam grades they will require for university and
employment, but with the interpersonal skills and
qualities they will need to lead happy, fulfilling
and successful lives. Government statisticians
increasingly know the price – or at least the UCAS
tariff score – of every conceivable qualification,
but they do not always recognise the value of a
high quality all round education.

"At St Edmund’s, we are confident that pupils
have been well taught to excel in GCSE a