The Downs School's Aims

To maintain a small, family-based, co-educational preparatory school for day-pupils and boarders aged 3 - 13 years.

To foster a social awareness and mutual respect in all members of The Downs community. To develop each individual pupil to his/her potential, by providing an appropriate and balanced curriculum and extra-curricular activities in a co-educational environment encouraging both success and satisfaction.

To prepare all pupils for their next stage of education as well as for life thereafter, by developing and extending them academically, spiritually, culturally, socially and physically incorporating some of the values of the original Quaker founders of the school.

To foster excellent links with families, carers and the wider community.

To maintain the school on a sound economic footing, ensuring that a realistic percentage of the annual fee income can be set aside for ongoing capital development.

To be recognised as one of the leading co-educational preparatory schools in the country acknowledged for its caring atmosphere, concern for others and to help pupils to be of service to their community.