College Aims 
King Edward VII Science and Sport College promotes lifelong learning and high achievement by working with students from 14 to 19 years of age to enable them to:
- Maximise their academic, social and personal development
- Develop enquiring minds and a spirit of curiosity
- Develop attitudes and values together with skills and knowledge
- Work independently and collaboratively
- Carry out self review and set targets
- Develop high self esteem – respecting themselves, others and the environment
- Extend themselves in mind, body and spirit
- Be flexible and adaptable for the modern world.
At King Edward VII College we believe that these aims will be met by:
- Demonstrating at all times that the education of all students is of equal value
- Supporting the LEA policies with regard to Multicultural Education, Equal Opportunities,
Special Education Needs and challenging prejudice and discrimination in all its forms - Providing a secure, supportive and purposeful/challenging/stimulating learning
environment - Providing a broad and balanced curriculum which is accessible for all
- Encouraging learning partnerships between school, home and the community
- Providing a rich, varied and up to date range of learning resources/a learning
environment which is relevant and fitting to meet the needs of the twenty first century. - Providing an enriching programme of extra-curricular activities and visits
- Providing a programme of vocational guidance and work experience for all students
- Encouraging innovative teaching and an investigative approach to learning
- Formal recognition, through a National Record of Achievement, of student success
within the College and the wider community - The use of explicit criteria, shared and agreed between teaches and students, using a
range of assessment techniques - Collaboration with other institutions to ensure proper progression and continuity in the
educational experience of our students - Enabling the smooth transition of students to work, and to institutions of Further and
Higher education - Seeking to respond to the needs of the community through the provision of a full range
of educational, leisure and social activities striving for continuous improvement in all
that we do - Providing opportunities for all staff to enhance their professional development in
support of their careers and aims of the College by offering relevant development and
training - Enthusiastically and deliberately advancing the process of education as a life-long
activity