To employ highly skilled staff combining energy and experience and ensuring the school is alert to current best practice with a clear vision to the future. 

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, Malvern College Prep 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. 

To foster excellent links with families, carers, Malvern College 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 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 the quality of pupil service to their community. 

Alastair S Cook 

Headmaster