Our Vision at Streatham and Clapham High School

Our Vision, Ethos and Purpose

Our vision is to nurture excellence in every pupil to develop agile and creative thinkers who outperform their expectations. Streatham & Clapham High School is an inspiring, vibrant and supportive community where friendships flourish and kindness matters. Our commitment is to the self-actualisation of every pupil in their learning, relationships, sense of community and connection, and as leaders, team-players, innovators, trailblazers, disruptors and creators.

Our family ethos means that we know and value every girl as an individual – we are a family not a factory, and we proudly celebrate our community’s diversity as a local school, drawing strength from our rich social and cultural mix and working in partnership with local maintained and independent schools to broaden our pupils’ experiences.

In the spirit of our motto “Towards wisdom unafraid” we aim to inspire pupils to feel excited about learning, enriched by our wide-ranging and sometimes quirky co-curricular opportunities, grounded in a culture of excellent pastoral care where every pupil feels they belong and is valued as themselves.

We are a school of kindness, respect, integrity and compassion, where our pupils are energised by ambition and an excitement for learning, inspired by our talented and committed staff. Our expert pastoral care is intrinsic to this, so that every pupil is known and their voice is heard. As a school we take time to listen, and are supportive, clear and fair in all that we do. Our girls take pride in volunteering within their community, fundraising for national and international causes and developing their kindness, compassion and respect for the wider world. Our partnership with parents is crucial to our holistic approach so that together we enable every pupil to flourish.

We are experts in, and champions of, all girls’ education, drawing strength from being a member of the GDST family of schools, which are powerful influencers in girls’ education. As a through school from 3 to 18, our pupils make friendships for life and they value their connections with pupils of all ages throughout their lives, through our joyful alumna network.

Our pupils learn to face the future with curiosity and optimism and to achieve ambitiously, beyond their expectations. They mature into confident, resilient and accomplished young people, positively engaged in the world around them, richly equipped in character and mind for the challenges of their future lives, their learning and careers beyond school.

Our Ecosystem

The ecosystem of SCHS is rooted in our values that are the soil that nourishes all that we are and do: kindness, respect, integrity and compassion. We commit to acting with good character, aiming for excellence, celebrating success, facing failure, and embracing all that it is to be human.

Our learning inspires curiosity and questioning with a wealth of academic and co-curricular learning opportunities, so that girls learn without limits through high expectations, risk-taking, and uncertainty, with ambitious outcomes that celebrate individual and collective successes for pupils and staff, supported by outstanding pastoral care.

Our relationships reach across the school’s community to develop collaboration, teamwork, and leadership, with an understanding of the importance of both emotional and intellectual intelligence and connections.

Our richly diverse community takes pride in our family ethos and sense of belonging, working in partnership with parents and the local community, as well as international partnerships, to form global citizens for a sustainable future that respects our environment and all who share it.

Our communications connect all members of the community to enable excellent mutual understanding, ensure clear organisation and intent, and celebrate all that we are and do as a school.