At DePS, we promise that we will always put the children first and remain forever committed to making our school a place where ‘every child is special’. We promise that

• Your children will love coming to our school.
• Your child will feel valued, respected and important.
• Your child’s safety, wellbeing and happiness will be most important to us.
• Your child will get personal care and attention.
• Your child will benefit from highly qualified and trained teachers using modern and effective teaching methods.
• No child will be left behind – we will cater to the different needs of children to ensure each child reaches their highest potential;
• We will focus on your child’s strengths while we support them to develop their character and skills that will prepare them for life.
• We will give creative learning opportunities for every child to ensure they receive a holistic education.
• Your children will learn and make progress in all areas of endeavour, whether it is academics, art or sports.
• We will communicate with you regularly about your child’s learning, development and wellbeing.
• Parents will be our partners in their child’s education journey.

Queen International School is a place where the concern is not only the child’s academic progress but the whole child, ensuring that by the time they leave, they not only achieve the qualifications they require but also the life-skills to be successful in today’s world.

This means that the work revolves completely around each individual child so that they can achieve their potential, academically, socially and emotionally.

At Queen, they pursue very high standards of teaching and learning and invest extensive time and effort in the professional development of their teaching staff.

The teachers seek to challenge and inspire students with high expectations and use a variety of teaching methods that enable students to reach their potential.

Their approach to learning therefore involves:

• Emphasis on subject knowledge and passion on the part of the teacher in order to inspire a love of the subject in their pupils
• Experiential learning is the starting point for all learning
• Classroom teaching that carries the lesson to students with vigour and pace and stretches students beyond the constraints of the syllabus
• Attention is given to questioning techniques in order to mix higher-level complex questions with more straightforward questions
• Well-structured lessons that involve group work and individual work, supported by stimulating resources
• Regular marking of student’s work that is detailed, individual and shows clearly how to improve/extend
• The use of Assessment for Learning (AfL) techniques; to identify prior knowledge, engage students actively, boost feedback (two ways) and support differentiated instruction where needed