Dunhurst pupils do not sit the Common Entrance exam. The curriculum is broad and flexible and there is considerable emphasis on pupil investigation, activity in the classroom and all round excellence. There is also emphasis on Creative Studies, Music, Dance and Drama. Sound teaching of such core subjects as English and Maths is seen as a priority. Dunhurst is properly co-educational in the sense that there is more or less parity of boy and girl numbers in the school as well as an all round sharing and participation by all pupils.
As the Junior School to Bedales, Dunhurst shares the same general aims and objectives of the Senior School. The very great majority of Dunhurst pupils proceed to Bedales at the age of thirteen.
