About the School
Bangor Grammar School is an academic school which seeks first to enable pupils, whatever their abilities, to achieve their full intellectual potential and also provides the opportunities for personal, spiritual and emotional growth through the values of mutual respect and trust, tolerance and loyalty communicated, fostered and expressed in activities in and out of the classroom. Within a close pastoral system, the academic and wider welfare of each boy is carefully supervised and a close and mutually supportive partnership with parents is maintained. In an environment which values diversity, boys are encouraged to maintain high standards of self-discipline and supported to become independent learners and citizens equipped to make moral, social, personal and professional choices in an increasingly complex society.The primary value in which the school believes and which informs every aspect of its life, is that each pupil is of inestimable human and spiritual worth. The school asks every boy to strive for the best of which he is capable so that he may wholly fulfil himself. That is why achievements in the classroom, in public examinations, on the sports field, in the community, in the rehearsal room and in the mountains are applauded and rewarded in prizes and awards of special ties and blazers. Taking pride in each other’s achievements develops and deepens the sense of community which is a distinguishing and centrally important characteristic of the school.
One of the main thrusts in the developing curriculums at Key Stages 3 and 4 and in the Sixth Form is the development of learning, not just for life, but also for work. The school has as its central task the responsibility to produce boys who are, in the fullest sense of the whole person, educated, and who have alert, responsive, independent minds which they may apply to the needs of society. The school will continue to develop a curriculum which marries the best of its tradition to the demands of an exponentially changing world.
School Aims:
- To encourage the pursuit of academic excellence.
- To ensure that each boy, whatever his ability, fulfils his potential.
- To provide a system of close pastoral care in which the academic and wider welfare of each boy is carefully supervised and a valued liaison with parents is maintained.
- To encourage the development of "the whole man" by the provision of a wide variety of cultural, sporting and adventure activities.
- To maintain a high standard of healthy discipline and to teach boys to set and maintain personal high standards of self-discipline in their daily lives.
- To teach and promote sound moral and religious standards and to encourage a concern for the needs of the community.
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