Christ's Hospital A GSG School
- Christ's Hospital
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 0LJ - Head: Simon Reid
- T 01403 211293
- F 01403 211580
- E [email protected]
- W www.christs-hospital.org.uk
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Read about the best schools in West Sussex
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: West Sussex
- Pupils: 900 ; sixth formers: 280
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £21,660 - £29,178; Boarding £41,910 - £44,844 pa
- Open days: Open Morning each term / Virtual Open Day via website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
‘Once she saw it, she wanted it’, said a parent about her daughter, although it was very different to her small rural primary school; ‘…such diversity…quite a change…’ Pupils are from a range of backgrounds, and as such, wealth is not a subject of conversation. A parent said that it is ‘definitely competitive, but not in a horrible, pointing finger way…[they] all want to do well…’ At this Rainbow Flag Award school, there are mixed football and cricket teams, and rugby sevens for both sexes. The Bluecoats sports centre...
What the school says...
Christs Hospital is in many ways unique, offering an independent education of the highest calibre to children with academic potential, from all walks of life in a caring, boarding and day environment.
Pupils fees are assessed according to family income, so that it is a childs ability and potential to benefit from a Christs Hospital education that determines their selection. This results in a social and cultural diversity that enriches our school community and offers our pupils unique opportunities as we prepare them to take their place in the modern world.
We believe in the benefits of a rounded and balanced education for our pupils. In practice, this means that as well as a challenging academic programme, pupils are also involved in music, art, drama, public speaking, community action and sport.
The School has an impressive history of high academic achievement with an average of 10 pupils each year taking up places at Oxford or Cambridge, and 98% of leavers going on to top Universities in this country and abroad. ...Read more
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Curricula
International Baccalaureate: diploma - the diploma is the familiar A-level equivalent.
Cambridge Pre-U - an alternative to A levels, with all exams at the end of the two-year course.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2017, Simon Reid, a South African who read English at the University of Witwatersrand. Married to Michele, who is French, with two grown-up children. Previously head of Gordonstoun; before that, an English teacher and housemaster here. The unique territory of disadvantage brought him back: CH is a school attended variously by those who pay full, part or no fees, enabled by the 1552 foundation.
Pupils like Mr Reid; for many in this big school he is viewed from some distance, but he ‘talks to everyone in the queue at lunchtime’, and gained enormous respect from pupils by admitting when he made a mistake in excluding two pupils, and changing his decision.
He still teaches English: ‘There can be a riot in my class, but I’ll be...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
We have a department of one specialist teacher (the SENCO) who, as far as time allows, offers one-to-one support lessons to those pupils who have been identified and assessed as having a specific learning difficulty. We do not currently offer in-class support, but The Department does seek to encourage mainstream teachers to follow the kinds of classroom strategies that will suit pupils with specific difficulties (and also other pupils). Most of the difficulties that we encounter are mild, and of a dyslexic nature, although we do have some pupils whose difficulties are more significant and who, for example, may qualify to use a word-processor in examinations. We also have a small number of pupils with social communication difficulties or mild Asperger's Syndrome, ADHD or OCD. We do not offer expert support for such pupils, but some of them have made significant progress as a result of academic and boarding house staff offering support which has been devised as a result of ongoing discussion with the SENCO. 10-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beachborough School | 2024 | 1 | 1 | Scholarships: 1x Art Scholarship |
| Dulwich Prep & Senior | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Summer Fields | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Windlesham House School | 2024 | 1 | 1 | Drama Scholarship |
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