insideKENT Magazine Issue 48 - March 2016 | Page 125

EDUCATION

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

St Edmund’s School Canterbury
“Pupils have positive attitudes to learning and are strongly motivated to
succeed.” Independent Schools Inspectorate report 2015

Matthew Jelley,
Head of Junior School

An exceptional education
St Edmund's School Canterbury is a distinctive
and historic boarding and day school for boys
and girls aged 3–18 that provides a lively,
challenging education in a nurturing environment
and is proud to be the Choir School for Canterbury
Cathedral. Academic standards are set high and
the school is renowned for its excellence in Music,
Drama and Art as well as its sporting success in
cricket, tennis, hockey and football.
With the advantage of the whole school
sharing the same site, children joining the Junior
School benefit from being part of the wider St
Edmund’s community as well as the small class
sizes, the excellent pastoral care and the diverse
range of extra-curricular opportunities on offer

to all pupils. All this adds up to offer an exceptional
educational experience that is St Edmund’s.
Matthew Jelley, the Head of the Junior
School since September 2015, says: “I have
taken much joy from my career in education, and
working at St Ed’s is without question proving
both pleasurable and enriching. The mixture of
the school’s commitment to academic and
personal development, the diverse community,
and supportive ethos based within traditional
family values, makes for a challenging and
rewarding experience for all members of our
community.”
The aim of the Junior School is to produce
independent learners who are confident and
motivated. In Years 3 to 5, they broadly follow
the National Curriculum while placing a particular

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emphasis on English, Maths and Science. The
curriculum broadens in Years 6 to 8 where all
teaching is carried out by subject specialists in
dedicated classrooms or specialist facilities. As
a ‘through’ school, the pupils can then expect
to move seamlessly into Senior School where
they will continue to flourish.
St Edmund’s welcomes day and boarding
enquiries from parents and encourages families
to visit the school. Entry points at ages 3+, 7+,
11+, 13+ and 16+ are the norm, but entry into
other year groups is possible when places
become available.
01227 475601
www.stedmunds.org.uk