Academic Overview

Our vision at Charterhouse focuses on promoting academic rigour, developing intellectual curiosity and nurturing in children the ability and desire to learn independently.

We foster the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for our pupils to succeed in a complex, fast-changing, multi-cultural society. Engaging learning and inspirational teaching are at the heart of what we do; we aim to develop in our pupils a breadth of academic interests and pursuits, to foster in them a rich interior life through their learning, and to instil in them high expectations and an appetite for challenge, self-reflection and improvement.

The breadth of our curriculum reflects the flexibility that is desirable for our pupils to develop their individual talents, independence, interests, abilities and aptitudes.

We are responsive to individual pupils’ learning and pastoral needs and we promote a widely-understood culture of our philosophy of learning: a strong belief in self-directed learning and pupil leadership with a close eye on the wider values that we hold dear at Charterhouse: responsibility, kindness, perseverance, open-mindedness and moral courage.

The Charterhouse CurriculumAcademic Staff Departments and Subjects

Latest Academic News

IB Exhibition Preview

An exciting first-look at the exceptional work produced by our pupils as part of their examined portfolios.  

Feminist Society Leads Chapel

Femsoc led a Chapel service with a powerful message in honour of International Women’s Day.

Westminster Politics Conference

Year 12 Politics pupils visited Westminster for the PolEcon conference, where they listened to MPs from various major political parties and engaged with them by asking questions.

Abigail Higgins, Head of Biology

The drive and motivation of the pupils who study Biology at a higher level can never be underestimated.

Science Sparks: Curiosity Unleashed

Year 9 pupils Coco and Tadeus are appreciative of the science facilities which they liken to a real-life Research Lab. 

Code Quest

This marks the second consecutive year that Charterhouse has won this competition, and the enthusiasm of all of our teams was obvious to see. 

Pippa's Passion for Biology

Pippa grew up in the countryside of North Yorkshire, surrounded by animals and working alongside farmers and vets. This ignited her passion for science!

Aeronautics Enthuisast

Adam recommends taking advantage of extracurricular science to discover new passions.