our approach
ethos
Wapping High School:
a 11-16 Community School
Through raising aspirations, broadening horizons and encouraging better outcomes for all its students, Wapping High School builds on the individual needs of our students providing all students with a truly personalised curriculum to enable enhanced learning and the nurturing of inquisitive minds.
In 2012, the
Ethos and Values
At Wapping High School, our inclusive ethos celebrates diversity and nurtures every student’s unique abilities. Our PACK values – Passion, Aspiration, Community and Kindness – guide every aspect of school life, fostering social awareness and respect. This helps students confidently navigate our diverse and changing society.
We prioritise developing positive attitudes for learning and a strong sense of personal responsibility, ensuring our students become flexible, resourceful and independent, ready for successful lives. Our deliberately small size strengthens our school community; teachers know every student individually and everyone really matters here.
As an International School, we are committed to broadening horizons. We offer fully funded educational trips to Europe, North America and South America, alongside a heavily subsidised study trip to China each July for GCSE Mandarin students.
Families are integral to our community, working closely with us to ensure every student is encouraged to excel. Our ethos ensures children are safe, healthy, contribute positively and achieve economic and academic well-being. We truly want all our students to enjoy school and their learning.
Aim & Objectives
- Encourage students to be flexible, independent and resourceful learners for life.
- Set high individual expectations for every student that reflects their personal strengths and supports them to surpass their potential.
- Provide all students
the opportunity to pursue qualifications necessary for successful and interesting future careers. - Produce confident, polite and socially responsible young adults.
- Create a school which is environmentally sustainable and financially secure.
- Strengthen community cohesion by being a keystone within the community.
- Recognise that high-quality teachers are a key asset and will be supported, rewarded and motivated to always do their best.
- Have the highest expectations of achievement from both students and staff.
- To offer a personalised learning programme with both academic and vocational learning pathways.
- To ensure that students participate in a self-assessed exploration of society and ethics as part of their curriculum.
- To embrace the role of parents and other key stakeholders in everyday school life.
- To promote a culture of innovative use of technology to enhance communication and participation.
“Leaders and trustees are determined to make sure that pupils are developed well beyond the academic. To this end, they have developed a far-reaching and ambitious set of experiences for pupils. Pupils in the younger years enjoy ‘Workshop Wednesdays’, where they develop teamwork, resilience and problem-solving through a series of challenges. “
– Ofsted Report, 2024
Team
Curriculum
