¤ where pupils come first, and everything else later

¤ which thinks that education is concerned with pupils as persons, not with how they can be trained for a career

¤ which firmly believes that a school should be 'training minds, not stuffing them'

¤ which encourages pupils to think for themselves, and tries to kindle their curiosity, so that they may venture out on their own beyond the beaten track of the syllabi

¤ which does not believe in making promises that it cannot keep, nor impress with inessentials at the cost of the essential