What Parents Say

I am writing to express my gratitude to you and your staff for the wonderful education and experience X and Y have received at the Cathedral School...I have always regarded it as a credit to the school that, each year, towards the end of the Summer holiday, both X and Y have looked forward to returning to school and talked enthusiastically about their relationships with the staff. I think it is this love of learning, the friendship and the making of new challenges, fostered within the school, which is so valuable. There are many schools in which care and respect for others together with personal responsibility are emphasised in a Mission Statement but the Cathedral School is rare in having these ideals as a genuine part of its ethos.

I am writing to thank everyone at The Cathedral School for the wonderfully happy school years our son has had.  He started at the age of four and left this year at the age of sixteen.  As you said at the Commemoration Service, this period will always be with him as a very special time in his life. I know that the school has had a tremendous influence upon him and has shaped his thoughts and personality in so many ways.  He has learned a great deal, academically, about sport, and gained a range of life skills as well as the ability to think for himself and engage with what is going on around him. Personally, we have been delighted with the School.  We have always been able to work constructively with all the teachers and they have always been totally supportive, extremely professional and approachable. The staff in the office have been so helpful too.   It really has been the perfect school for our son and I will always drive past it with a pang that he does not go there anymore but also with the happiness that he was there once!! Wishing you and the school continued success and fulfilment.

As R leaves the Cathedral School to go to sixth form college we would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your staff for the support and encouragement that has been given to R during his time at the school. Whilst the last two years have been crucial in leading R to achieve GCSE success, he has benefitted enormously from the help and guidance he has received from all of the teaching and support staff throughout his years at the school.  We have always believed that education should not just be about academic success and at the Cathedral School, R has been encouraged to develop into a confident, inquisitive and sociable young man. Most importantly to us, R has been happy at school. This would not have been possible without the commitment and enthusiasm of teachers who have provided engaging educational experiences, extra-curricular opportunities and a genuine interest in their subjects and students.