2025 Values

Care

With a generosity of spirit, we look after ourselves, each other and our environment.

Curiosity

We are adventurous in our learning, courageous in our questioning, and intelligent in our risk-taking.

Collaboration

We labour together, discover together, and succeed together. This College functions best as a team.

The College has an established culture that prioritises the intellectual, social, emotional, and physical wellbeing of each and every child. Our motto — Much More than Marks; Learning for Life — reflects our understanding that learning does not just take place in a classroom and talks to our commitment to developing the whole child.

The College was founded on the belief of Excellence; through Self and Community, and whilst we aspire for excellence in all areas of our community, we continue to pursue the broadest possible definition of success. We are clear in our belief that excellence is not an arbitrary measurement – it is a lived, personal commitment to being the best possible version of yourself that you can be.

By combining a focus on personal growth alongside a commitment to serving others in their own development, we ensure that our community members find success whilst maintaining a strong sense of belonging and connectedness to the school ethos.

A central part of our preceding business plan was to crystallise and articulate our College values, to try and define just what makes the ‘Shenton Difference’. These values of Care, Curiosity and Collaboration, are what bind us together as a community, despite the distinct stages and structures that exist within our institution. They are the concepts that we recognise as central to our expectations about how we treat ourselves and each other, and the touchstones of our culture that we hold ourselves, and our community, accountable to.