We are future orientated, with the desire to shape our own individual and community identity.

As a learning organisation, we are constantly reviewing the world our students are likely to inherit and the shape of their future needs. It is our assessment of this situation which forms the rationale for the future direction of the College.

1. To ensure that each individual student achieves the highest possible standard of education. We are aiming for excellence for and from all.
   
2. To create a happy but disciplined, caring and dynamic environment in which learning is successful and is enjoyed.
   
3. To enlarge each student's knowledge and experience, equipping them with the learning skills to pursue education as a lifelong process. We will be a learning organisation where everyone is searching for continual improvement.
   
4. To promote cultural, physical, moral and spiritual development, enabling young people to become active participants in society and responsible contributors to it. Lipson will be a College for every future.
5. To ensure the College operates effectively and efficiently at the heart of the community, offering equality of opportunity for all. We will promote excellence at the heart of the community.

The Secrets of Success

At Lipson we have a real concern for every student.

Lipson is a college pulsating with excitement, energy and self belief. We are a community of learners breathtakingly alive with happy, high achieving students.

This is why a top Government official on presenting our Charter Mark Award said "I wish my child had gone to a college like Lipson".

At Lipson we nurture each child to become confident, articulate, learning-focused and responsible.

Our students have received international recognition for their work.

Carlton TV and Ofsted both recognised that Lipson is unique. A special place.

Students are able to benefit from "master classes", "accelerated learning" and an extended range of extra-curricular provision.You see when you join Lipson, you get caught up in success that pulsates through the College.

You also become a part of a family not just a school. Everyone is valued as an individual. Our warm and friendly pastoral system underlines our concern for every girl and boy.

We look forward to meeting you and sharing with you the secrets of our success.When you have visited the College you will have a better understanding of just why it is that Lipson is rated so highly and has won so many national awards.

The Curriculum

We take special care to design our curriculum to meet the needs of each child and have won the Schools' Curriculum Award, The Barclays New Future Award, The Sportsmark Award, the Investors in Careers Award and the Investors in Education Business Partnership Award.

As with all secondary schools we ensure our students receive a broad and balanced curriculum. However, we also guarantee at least one hour per week of the expressive arts subjects: Art, Drama, Music, plus Information Technology s taught courses.

The Key Stage 4 curriculum is designed to give the widest possible choice to our students with regard to subjects on the list of options. As a Specialist College we are able to extend the provision of performing arts.

An extensive range of subjects is on offer at Key Stage 5, including a wide selection of AS/A2 levels, vocational NVQs and AVCEs.

The courses on offer go beyond those normally found in schools and include the more specialised subjects such as Politics, Psychology and Sociology.

All in all our aim is to offer a dynamic and exciting curriculum which will equip our students for a life in the third millenium.We were the first school in Plymouth to pioneer the use of electronic white boards and have invested heavily in information and communication technology (ICT).

We have expanded such resources through our status as a Specialist Arts College and a successful National Grid for Learning bid.

By working closely with Plymouth High School for Girls and Estover Community College, we are able to offer over 50 courses. The Plymouth High, Lipson, Estover (PLE) Consortium has earned national recognition and funding for the quality of sixth form provision.