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
![IBDP Results 2025]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1751641904/charterhouseorguk/zpldnvteu5nsb00yqgvr/IBpossible.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1751641904/charterhouseorguk/zpldnvteu5nsb00yqgvr/IBpossible.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1751641904/charterhouseorguk/zpldnvteu5nsb00yqgvr/IBpossible.jpg","width":800}])
Congratulations to all our pupils who have received their IB results. 63% achieved 37 points or more (equivalent to A*AA at A Level), and an outstanding 80% of candidates have been accepted into their first-choice university,
![Artifex Entrepreneurs]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750862926/charterhouseorguk/kydp3etjqfvxpxnig1yj/ArtifexEntrepreneurs3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750862926/charterhouseorguk/kydp3etjqfvxpxnig1yj/ArtifexEntrepreneurs3.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750862926/charterhouseorguk/kydp3etjqfvxpxnig1yj/ArtifexEntrepreneurs3.jpg","width":800}])
Tom and Louis (First Year Specialists, Year 12) masterminded the entrepreneurial Artifex Café and Artifex Market.
![Young Writers' Competition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750862514/charterhouseorguk/osbpzmuon1mhqqoe3ik0/YoungWritersCompetition2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750862514/charterhouseorguk/osbpzmuon1mhqqoe3ik0/YoungWritersCompetition2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750862514/charterhouseorguk/osbpzmuon1mhqqoe3ik0/YoungWritersCompetition2.jpg","width":800}])
Twenty-eight talented pupils have had their short stories selected for publication in the Young Writers' competition, Grim Tales.
![Fragrance and Formulas]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750772336/charterhouseorguk/m3o9bavc87mmso69byrf/Perfumeworkshop1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750772336/charterhouseorguk/m3o9bavc87mmso69byrf/Perfumeworkshop1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750772336/charterhouseorguk/m3o9bavc87mmso69byrf/Perfumeworkshop1.jpg","width":800}])
During Artifex, pupils took part in a Perfume Workshop to discover the real Chemistry behind perfumes through small practical experiments and demonstrations.
![Debate Team Shines]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750769511/charterhouseorguk/h8sanpm459lyelpsuxyp/Year10MFLDebatingcomp.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750769511/charterhouseorguk/h8sanpm459lyelpsuxyp/Year10MFLDebatingcomp.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750769511/charterhouseorguk/h8sanpm459lyelpsuxyp/Year10MFLDebatingcomp.jpg","width":800}])
A group of French, Spanish, and German pupils went to St Catherine’s School, Bramley, to represent Charterhouse in their Year 10 Modern Foreign Languages Debating Competition.
![Inspiring German Learners]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750234246/charterhouseorguk/kyoe5mvghamgonew1ivf/SpecsGermanTeaching-3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750234246/charterhouseorguk/kyoe5mvghamgonew1ivf/SpecsGermanTeaching-3.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750234246/charterhouseorguk/kyoe5mvghamgonew1ivf/SpecsGermanTeaching-3.jpg","width":800}])
Our pupils have stepped up as enthusiastic ambassadors, delivering German taster lessons with energy, confidence, and empathy at local prep schools.
![Cambridge Chemistry]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750171190/charterhouseorguk/gdef7sm5qkl6l9u2sbb6/C3L61.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750171190/charterhouseorguk/gdef7sm5qkl6l9u2sbb6/C3L61.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750171190/charterhouseorguk/gdef7sm5qkl6l9u2sbb6/C3L61.jpg","width":800}])
This year, over 30 Carthusians took part in the C3L6 competition, an annual national “mini-Chemistry Olympiad” run by Cambridge University.
![Nature Captured]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750080445/charterhouseorguk/omjnr2ctvyjbkcdktw7b/CH_Wildlife800x468Image.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750080445/charterhouseorguk/omjnr2ctvyjbkcdktw7b/CH_Wildlife800x468Image.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750080445/charterhouseorguk/omjnr2ctvyjbkcdktw7b/CH_Wildlife800x468Image.jpg","width":800}])
We were thrilled by the incredible response to this year’s school-wide photography competition. With so many amazing entries showcasing creativity, talent, and a keen eye for detail, choosing winners was no easy task.
![The Chemistry Behind Vapes]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749639260/charterhouseorguk/fkvmci4jsio1gwvnckhb/TheChemistryBehindVapes-Atomic.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1749639260/charterhouseorguk/fkvmci4jsio1gwvnckhb/TheChemistryBehindVapes-Atomic.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1749639260/charterhouseorguk/fkvmci4jsio1gwvnckhb/TheChemistryBehindVapes-Atomic.jpg","width":800}])
In the latest issue of Atomic Magazine, our entirely pupil-led, written, and published scientific magazine, Gemma (First Year Specialist) explores the chemistry behind vapes.
![A Level Biologists Explore Pembrokeshire Coast]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749631460/charterhouseorguk/ismimxgx2pdkajllmrxm/ALevelbiologytrip6.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1749631460/charterhouseorguk/ismimxgx2pdkajllmrxm/ALevelbiologytrip6.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1749631460/charterhouseorguk/ismimxgx2pdkajllmrxm/ALevelbiologytrip6.jpg","width":800}])
A Level Biologists embarked on an exciting field trip to Dale Fort, nestled on the dramatic coastline of Pembrokeshire.
