Rochester Independent College (Dukes Education)

Rochester Independent College’s education is grounded in its mission to support students to find their own direction and help them open doors to great universities, focusing on the highest levels of academic success while retaining a creative buzz; as a small school with a personalised approach that has a huge impact on student achievement and self-esteem, RIC is atmospherically relaxed, with an emphasis on exam success without unnecessary pressure, making it a natural stepping-stone between school and university. RIC students, described by The Good Schools Guide as a “strikingly nice bunch,” voice their opinions and think critically, creatively and independently, while the mutual respect between teachers and students is palpable, and they leave RIC not only with results that exceed expectations but with empathy and optimism, fluency of thinking, enthusiasm for the future and confidence about themselves and their education.