St Christopher School

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St Chris is an independent day and boarding school that welcomes girls and boys from the ages of 3 to 18, located in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. Founded in 1915, we treat young people as individuals, encouraging them to develop into capable, imaginative, responsible people with a zest for life. St Chris is set on a large, leafy 25-acre campus just a short train ride from London and Cambridge.
The grounds enjoy a relaxed atmosphere of peace and calm. Excellent facilities include modern IT suites, an onsite swimming pool, extensive grounds and pitches, and even a ceramics studio and photography darkroom. We believe in the benefits of an informal approach – everyone is called by their first name, there is no uniform and there is a strong emphasis on promoting democracy at all levels of the School. This is underpinned by the belief that all voices, from the youngest member of the nursery to the chair of governors, should be listened to and treated respectfully.
St Chris students achieve strong results in science, maths, and English, and we also value art, design, music, and drama. Despite the School’s informality, students are expected to work hard and do their best. We think exam success is a product of overall happiness not the other way around, so we place a high value on students passing through the school gates each morning looking forward to their day ahead.
St Chris prides itself on the contentedness of its students, and on each one of them reach their own goals, not a standardized notion of success ­– which can be a difficult value to uphold in a world of league tables and education reforms – however, it’s this belief in its pupils and their support of them that can turn the average into the extraordinary and see children fly. St Chris is an independent day and boarding school based in Letchworth Garden City for girls and boys aged 3-18.
For more than 100 years the School has been a pioneering voice in the world of education, embracing new ideas based on sound educational principles. St Chris has also established a reputation as ‘not your typical independent school.’ And there is a reason for this. St Chris seeks to be a continuously developing community of children and adults working together to enable all to achieve their best academically and beyond the classroom in an open atmosphere.
All are valued as individuals and encouraged to develop curiosity, competence, judgment, kindness, and courage. St Chris aims for pupils to become both self-disciplined and self-motivated individuals independent learners and creative thinkers able to make informed choices in a modern world with a commitment to service, informality, healthy living, and self-government. The School seeks to prepare pupils for happy and fulfilled lives in the service of others.

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