The English School is an independent co-educational day school for pupils aged 11 to 18, governed by a Board of Management. The curriculum is based on the UK National Curriculum, and pupils take IGCSE and A-Level examinations. Lessons are taught in English. Admission is by entrance examination. The school comprises three sections: lower, middle and upper schools. Mornings devoted to academic lessons and the afternoons to games, optional activities and support lessons. The school seeks to promote the academic excellence through high quality teaching and learning. It envisages that pupils will be articulate, autonomous, life-long learners, critical and creative thinkers. The school aims to build an ethos of trust, mutual respect and understanding. The goal is to prepare pupils to enter the highest quality tertiary education and to become global, democratic citizens, empowered for key leadership roles as adults.