We believe at Swans that experiences at school have a profound influence on the rest of a person’s life and therefore endeavour to ensure that the time children spend with us is as happy and enjoyable as possible. We would consider it an achievement if pupils of Swans past and present, when looking back on their school days, recall a positive, happy environment where valuable time was spent.

Young minds require positive guidance, teaching and stimulation with appropriate space for their own personal development and awareness; this has been the aim and cornerstone of our philosophy, policy and efforts at Swans, since its opening in 1971. The school has striven to provide a friendly, caring environment aimed at giving each child a sense of security and confidence in his or her own worth.

Within the sphere of values and aims, we provide a quality education that is not only relevant to the child’s life, but can also prepare them for the future in an ever-changing world. We set high standards across all aspects of school life and have high expectations of all our children. As an international school, we encourage our children to take an interest in other communities and cultures whilst actively promoting each child’s independence, self- respect and self-motivation.

We encompass four important aims: firstly, to create a stimulating child-centred environment, which promotes the highest levels of achievement. Secondly, to enable all children to reach his or her full potential through the provision of a broad and balanced curriculum encompassing a variety of teaching and learning strategies. Thirdly, to create a love of learning, and finally to promote an ethos whereby all members of the school community know that they are valued and are actively encouraged to show care, respect and tolerance in their relationships with one another.

The school offers a broad and balanced curriculum, in English and based on the National Curriculum in the United Kingdom. We utilise a combination of teaching individual subjects alongside some projects and topics which involve more than one subject. This way of organising learning supports our ethos of developing independence and creativity and involves our children in making considered choices and developing their learning in context. In Key Stage 4, the students complete (I)GCSE examinations, while our choice of Sixth Form programme is the IB Diploma Programme, which we feel prepares our students fully for university and their future working lives. We have gained excellent examination results in recent years, including a number of students regularly gaining over 40 points, with some achieving the magic 45.
Aside from academics, we encourage all members of our community to be Positive, Proactive and Proud; a code that we think serves for a healthy and happy school.