Cheam is a very special place. Both happy and caring our school offers the brightest of learning environments to inspire. It is also the perfect place to grow - we know that the early years of a child’s life are the very best time to prepare the ground for their adulthood, and our focus at Cheam is on providing the most compelling setting for every child to thrive.
There is a ‘feeling’ about our school that cannot be engineered. It is an organic manifestation of an educational environment where opportunity is provided alongside reassurance, where independence co-exists with support, and where kindness is instilled alongside resilience.
It is this ethos that ensures our Cheam leavers, year on year, take happiness, confidence, and emotional intelligence with them on to pastures new. Cheam has long-standing relationships with some of the very best independent schools in the country, and we pride ourselves on guiding every child in our care to exactly the right next step. We help parents manage applications, pre-tests, and the successful transition of their children at 13, delivering outstanding exam results and winning a wide range of scholarships along the way.
The way we see it, a child’s Cheam years aren’t just a stepping stone to a top public school. They are a voyage of discovery, a chance to discover their essence of excellence, to develop phenomenal talents, and to build the foundations (in both work and play) of the adult that child will one day be.
In a world as rapidly changing as our own it is impossible to predict what society will ask of our children in the years to come. What we can say with certainty though, is that an education that prepares a child for anything, that teaches them to be the very best versions of themselves, and that enables them to look ahead with confidence, and behind with pride, is both timeless and priceless.
At Cheam, we prepare our children not only for the next stage but for life beyond. The school nurtures and develops the intellectual, personal, physical, emotional, creative, and empathetic core values and skills in each pupil. This is done through the creation of a happy, stimulating environment in which pupils experience a diverse range of opportunities and are encouraged to ‘give it a go’ and strive to give their best in all they do. We expect the highest standards in all aspects of living and working in a school community. Cheam employs a staff of the highest caliber who seek to mesh the very best in modern thinking with traditional values to produce intelligent enquiring children who are happy confident leaders. We want all of our pupils ultimately to look back at their days at Cheam as the best days of their lives.
