Children learn best when they feel cared for, secure and valued as an individual. Our children will face many challenges as they take their next steps into senior school and, indeed, into the world that lies beyond. It is our responsibility to ensure that they are able to overcome each hurdle and do so with resolute determination and self-confidence.
Our five core values are our guiding principles, shaping both our behaviours as a school community and our decisions. Our mission encourages children to develop key characteristics that will set them up for life. Our strategic objectives enable us to achieve our mission, ensuring we focus continually on providing a Prep School education of the highest class, both now and into the future.
We happily take risks and overcome challenges together, united by a shared motivation to acquire, share and celebrate new knowledge, skills, ideas and expertise.
We promote positive participation in a wide variety of events and activities, and the development of passions and talents that will last a lifetime.
We care for each other, ourselves, the community in which we live and learn, and the world around us.
We support, contribute to and are inspired by our community, with involvement both encouraged and appreciated.
We have the highest expectations of ourselves and each other in everything we do.
Driven by our values, our mission is to prepare all Laxton Junior School children for both their chosen senior school and the life that lies beyond. This preparation develops in them a series of essential characteristics that we believe will enable them to thrive in whichever direction they wish their lives to take. Indeed, we want our children to be:
Where a love of learning ensures challenges are embraced and obstacles are overcome.
Where the development of social and emotional skills ensures all relationships are positive and caring.
Where all opportunities, whether new or challenging or preferred, are embraced with enthusiasm.
Where the knowledge of how to work together, both within and beyond the School community,
is balanced with a strong sense of who they are and what they can achieve as an individual.
"The school enables pupils to become proactive, positive contributors to their school community and to understand that by expressing their opinions and ideas they can make a positive difference to British Society. This is a significant strength of the school."Independent Schools Inspectorate Report, May 2025
Our philosophy and approach, along with thoughts from the children themselves, is set out further in our Big Book of Little Details which is shared with all prospective parents. At the end of each academic year, we are proud to report upon progress made against each of our objectives in The LJS Review, which is shared with our whole community. Our Big Book of Little Details THE LJS REVIEW 2023-2024
