The Cathedral and John Connon School is an institution that combines elements of academic excellence with a larger social sensitivity that is founded on the principles of honesty, integrity, and compassion. It is a place and a space where the teachers know the names as well as the stories of their students; where colleagues work in collaboration and camaraderie to bring out the best in the children entrusted to their care; and where each classroom fosters creativity, bonding, independence of thought, intellectual curiosity and academic rigour.