High Performance Learning

Learning with Ambition

Rather than focusing solely on academic results, HPL equips pupils to thrive in a rapidly changing world by identifying and developing specific ways of thinking and learning: Advanced Cognitive Performance Characteristics (ACPs) and Values, Attitudes, and Attributes (VAAs).

Practical STEM learning at Baobab

Explore how High Performance Learning supports independent thinking, curiosity and ambition at Baobab.

How We Think

Advanced Cognitive Performance Characteristics (ACPs): The thinking skills that help pupils analyse, create, problem-solve, and think critically.

How We Learn

Values, Attitudes, and Attributes (VAAs): The personal qualities that support success, including resilience, empathy, confidence, perseverance, collaboration, and self-motivation.

Our Vision & Values