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UCS is one of the top academic schools in London - but it is far more than that. UCS is genuinely distinctive. At UCS, academic success is just one part of an outstanding all-round education.
We treat every pupil as an individual. We know them all well. We respect them all. We draw out their individual talents and we rejoice in their personal achievements and their individual contribution. Education at UCS is lively and varied, creative and imaginative.
True to the aims of our founders, we encourage intellectual curiosity and we foster a real sense of communal endeavour. More than just a place of study, UCS is an inclusive, tolerant, positive and friendly community. It is stimulating and demanding; cheerful and open-minded.
Teaching is well-structured, dynamic, challenging and varied. Great emphasis is placed upon developing in our pupils a commitment to, and an enthusiasm for, learning. Our unique Academic Enrichment programme ensures that pupils of all ages benefit from the broadest academic education imaginable.
Teachers at UCS are highly qualified, both in terms of their specific subject areas and as educators, meaning that lessons throughout the school are creative and ambitious.
We are understandably proud of our outstanding track record in public examinations but the key to this success is in establishing the right balance for each and every pupil between their academic ambitions, their pastoral needs and their interests outside the classroom and beyond. UCS is a school where every pupil receives the individual consideration, attention, guidance and support, which will allow them to fulfil and eventually surpass their potential.
In the Lower School (Year 7 and 8), we place a strong emphasis on “core” subjects, with significant timetable provision for English, Maths, Science and Modern Languages, alongside a wide range of Humanities subjects, Classical Languages and creative disciplines including Dance. Philosophy, Politics and Economics were recently introduced to the curriculum in these year groups and have proved extremely popular.
At GCSE, in keeping with our founding principles, we prescribe very little. Pupils must take English, Maths, one Science subject and one Modern Language, but thereafter are free to construct their own curriculum according to their own ambitions, interests and strengths. This remains the case when it comes to choosing Sixth Form subjects.
Throughout their time at the Senior School, pupils are supported and advised by their form tutors and their Deme Warden (or housemaster) who retains pastoral and academic oversight of a pupil's progress throughout their time at UCS. Our academic provision is complemented by an extensive programme of co-curricular activities, including sport, music, drama, community service, and a vast range of pupil and teacher-led clubs and societies.
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