The school's general aims are:

• To help pupils develop lively, enquiring minds, the ability to ask questions, seek information and to argue rationally.
  
• To help pupils acquire the knowledge, skills, concepts and attitudes to equip them for adult life.
  
• To help the children use language and number effectively.
  
• To develop respect for religious and moral values and the tolerance of other races, religions and ways of life.
  
• To help pupils understand the world in which they live.
  
• To help pupils appreciate human achievements and aspirations.
  
• To appreciate the aesthetic, creative, moral, social and spiritual aspects of life.
  
• To help children to explore themselves and their world through literature.