All they can be – Alleyn’s School

Founded in 1619 to provide the opportunities that a sound education can unlock, Alleyn’s remains dedicated to helping individuals achieve their fullest potential, a commitment which extends beyond personal growth to encompass community and the wider world.

As one of the country’s leading co-educational independent schools with a history of outstanding academic achievement and co-curricular success on the stage, pitch, page and screen, Alleyn’s recognises that wonderful results are a by-product of an outstanding values-driven education. At the core are shared values of Respect, Opportunity, Courage, Curiosity, and Kindness. These principles, embedded across the school and from which staff and pupils draw power and purpose, shape the character of every pupil, empowering them with the confidence and skills to be ‘All They Can Be.’

Pupils are encouraged to ‘find their thing’ whether in sport, the arts, pupil leadership or debate, driven by the belief that for children to thrive academically, they should be inspired in as creative and varied a way as possible. The Alleyn’s trips programme is central to that approach – taking children out of their everyday environment enables them to think differently about themselves, each other and their place in the world.

The Well, a purpose-built wellbeing space, sits at the heart of the mission to empower lifelong wellness by aiming to build resilient mental fitness and creating a space for pupils to enjoy their childhood. They conceptualise ways in which they can protect their mental health, including retro arcade gaming, journaling, board games and podcasts.

Pupils have a wide range of opportunities to impact the wider community through the Alleyn’s partnership programme, Alleyn’s Together, with charity work or sharing the joy of learning through mentoring in the Alleyn’s Academy with over 340 pupils from local primary and secondary schools.

With a keen eye on the future, the school’s ambition is to instil a sense of entrepreneurship, philanthropy and community within each child, mirroring the values embodied by founder, Edward Alleyn. The curriculum reflects changing thinking and possibilities across the world. The Alleyn’s Intelligence Quotient (AiQ) teaches young people to bring design and digital skills together to build ethical and inclusive solutions to real world dynamic problems, understanding that varied ways of thinking can come up with the right solution.

Alleyn’s has always been about the ‘All’, about the collective power of our community to shape and inspire individuals to be all they can be and to go out and shape the world.