Underlying everything at Teddies is our mission to prepare our pupils for the rest of their lives by encouraging their passions and talents, enabling them to discover new ones, and supporting them to achieve their potential. Our community fizzes with diverse interests and enthusiasms, while our academic excellence means 90% of our top pupils gain the highest grades in their Sixth Form exams and take up places at the world’s best universities – a record which exceeds the outcomes of many highly selective schools. We are one of a few schools to offer both IB and A-Level alongside each other at Sixth Form, and in our Middle School Program, we have introduced new courses to stretch our candidates at GCSE level, responding directly to the very latest research into how young people learn.
Teddies is a fully co-educational boarding and day school, with a wide range of pupils from around the country and 15% joining us from 40 different countries outside the UK. We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. Being co-ed is important to us. Not only does it represent life beyond the school gates, but we feel it contributes to the inclusive and friendly community that brings our pupils, parents, Governors, staff, and the local community together. We reinforce this by enabling pupils to volunteer regularly in the community of north Oxford.
At St Edward’s, we encourage an unremitting focus on learning. There is a tangible ethos, inspiring pupils, staff, and parents alike, that anything is possible. There is a belief within the School that everyone has something to contribute to society moreover there is a genuine conviction that each pupil can strive for excellence and has the potential to enjoy real academic success at the highest level. The School boasts a staff with a real passion for education indeed they are experts in imparting their knowledge and enthusiasm to pupils, irrespective of background or ability.
St Edward’s is a school that is inspirational for its pupils and looks to nurture each individual as a member of the community. It is a school that offers a rich extra-curricular provision, giving opportunities for every child to find his or her niche, experience success, and develop within them the confidence, ambition, and social awareness to face a future lifetime of achievement and service.
St Edward’s is a Boarding School and this is at the heart of all we do we are proud of the warm, happy atmosphere where there is a generosity of spirit and a willingness to be engaged. It is a school with a fully integrated pastoral care program that ensures that no member of the community is lost in the system, that every pupil is well known, and that their social, as well as their academic progress, is supported.
St Edward’s thus aims to develop pupils that are equipped to face the uncertainties of life as leaders with:
- Intelligence and curiosity
- Creativity and innovation
- Integrity and honesty
- Resilience and enthusiastic participation
- Moral courage and responsibility for our actions
- A sense of compassion and service
- An understanding of, and respect for, other people and the human condition
