Saint Kentigern Boys' School

Saint Kentigern Boys’ School; a school that provides a quality education that meets the needs and learning styles of boys in Years 0 – 8, where every student has the opportunity and is encouraged to excel both inside and outside the classroom.

Every student enters our gates with talents and it is our role and responsibility to provide an environment where these can be identified, nurtured and then extended. Quality in all that the boys do is expected in a progressive and innovative educational setting where competition and physicality are encouraged, excellence is achieved and success is rightly acknowledged.

Our Graduates will Serve and Lead with Distinction.A Saint Kentigern education runs deeper than the acquisition of curriculum specific knowledge. Throughout everything they undertake, our students are encouraged to offer support and leadership to their peers and the younger students who follow in their footsteps.It’s by striving for quality in all that they do, and realising that they can achieve at a high level that sees our boys reach their potential.

True to the Saint Kentigern Trust’s founding values, we provide a caring and supportive environment in which boys can explore what it means to be boys. These values will flow into their everyday lives, developing young men who respect who they are and where they come from, and who can take their place, with pride, in any community.

We want our boys, your sons, to become global citizens and future leaders of their communities, fully prepared and confident, with the necessary resilience, to meet the challenges that they will face in a rapidly changing world.

We are fortunate at Saint Kentigern Boys’ School to have excellent and dedicated teachers committed to support and encourage your son to reach his potential in all aspects of his development.

Service takes many forms and does not always have to be about big issues; it can be acts of kindness, consideration and compassion in the classroom, in the playground, on the sports field or at home. These little acts of service encouraged at an early age build a foundation for moral reasoning later in life.

One of the measures of success for all our boys and girls is the extent to which they have made a positive contribution to their school and the wider community.

To provide education which inspires students to strive for excellence in all areas of life for the glory of God and the service of others.The Mission commits us to fostering a caring school environment where the potential of each and every student is realised to the full, and service to others is considered ahead of personal gain. The involvement of parents and families in many aspects of school life, including Chapel services, social gatherings and class and school events, is a vital part of the Saint Kentigern experience.

We are committed to providing a holistic education so that our boys experience great learning. We provide learning opportunities in which all boys can thrive and are able to deeply engage and connect with their local, national and global communities and are prepared and excited about their future.

With programmes tailored to the specific learning styles and needs of boys, our mission is to inspire each of our students to strive for excellence in all areas of endeavour.We recognise that boys require diverse learning environments where goals are clearly identified, and the purpose of learning is made explicit.Highly dedicated teachers and a wide range of resources prepare the way for the very best in teaching and learning at Saint Kentigern Boys’ School.

We recognise the importance of preparing our boys for an ever-changing world; giving them the knowledge to adopt and then adapt skills as new technological challenges unfold.

Every child has the gift of an inquiring mind. To build on this natural curiosity, the school utilises a guided inquiry approach to teaching that develops each student’s ability to become a self-directed learner. Inquiry learning is a life-long learning tool that extends well beyond the classroom.

Deep engagement with disciplinary knowledge builds and develops the boys’ skills in communication, collaboration, creativity, problem solving, metacognition, and critical thinking, and dispositions such as resilience, curiosity, resourcefulness, persistence, and adaptability.

Strong skills and dispositions allow the boys to broaden and deepen their knowledge, driven by their own interests and motivations, as well as by agreed standards for competency in these domains.

Learners who are trained to think and communicate in this way will be well equipped to handle any subsequent learning environments. For our boys to succeed and thrive, we provide learning experiences that facilitate their development in three primary domains: knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

Values education has long been synonymous with The Saint Kentigern Way, a code of care and respect that all our students and staff are encouraged to adopt in every facet of their daily lives, both during the school day and at home. These core values provide a starting point for our students to explore many other essential values such as compassion, courage, determination, loyalty, justice and tolerance that are discussed and practised during the year.