Children come to us as toddlers. They will leave school as young adults, their personalities and potential largely determined by their experiences in school. The primary school years are perhaps the most significant. By the age of eleven the child has learnt how to read and has grasped the rudiments of number and quantity. But more than that, they should have learnt to love reading, to be fascinated by numbers, and to enjoy finding out things in answer to their own questions.

At Cambridge School, we believe that a successful child is one who wants to learn and that exploration is easily the best way to learn. Nature study is quite literally the study of nature by growing flowers and vegetables, or bird-watching by the Yamuna; mathematics is understood by actual measurement and estimation as much as by solving sums on paper; communication or language skills are developed through story telling, story reading and eventually the writing of original stories and poems; drama becomes a way of exploring relationships, and even resolving problems; the joy of music is discovered in full - throated songs as well as by listening to tapes, videos and live concerts; and other regions and cultures are discovered as much through stories as by project activities.

To provide an environment and a programme in which the capacity to learn, to do, and to give is the aim of education. The unit of education is the individual child. Children have unique personalities and interests. Being good at different things and finding fulfillment in different ways, their curiosity is encouraged and their skills appreciated.

The school and the classroom must simulate the environment in which they learn best; and all children – it has been seen - are motivated to learn when their own enquiries, observations, activities and inferences lead them on to knowledge.

The aims of education are translated into a curriculum appropriate to each level and age. The curriculum is backed by physical infrastructure and staff who subscribe enthusiastically to the educational ideals of the institution.