St Christopher School A GSG School
- St Christopher School
Barrington Road
Letchworth Garden City
Hertfordshire
SG6 3JZ - Head: Rich Jones
- T 01462 650850
- F 01462 481578
- E [email protected]
- W www.stchris.co.uk/
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 18.
- Read about the best schools in Hertfordshire
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Hertfordshire
- Pupils: 497; sixth formers: 93
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: Day £14,148 - £23,556; Boarding £31,941 - £40,806 pa
- Open days: See website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Your typical St Chris parent wants to have their cake and eat it. Most scorn the rigidity and narrowness of the Victorian model of education seen in more traditional schools, eagerly swapping it for this more inquiry-based learning model that focuses on exploration, creativity and opening minds. But this is also the north London bubble, and they still want the exam results. A hippy-dippy walk in the park this is not. The first thing you notice, walking round the classrooms, is the focus on self-directed learning. Students informally collaborating with each other and asking the teacher questions to come to their own conclusions. All backed up with positivity and praise: ‘Great question!’ ‘Brilliant analysis!’ Much debating too. Students studying Noughts and Crosses explored the question, ‘Are parents responsible for their children’s behaviour?’ We spotted…
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since March 2023, Rich Jones, previously deputy head and before that head of the senior school and head of boarding. Lives on site with wife, Jamie, and their two children, both at the school.
Having spent his youth being told he’d be a great teacher, he ‘did what any self-respecting teenager does and completely ignored it’. Instead, he left his comprehensive school in Portishead, near Bristol, to study history and theatre at Leicester and worked in film for 13 years. Finally tiring of it and realising his childhood mentors were right, he joined Bede’s in 2013 as a history and film studies teacher, later running their largest boarding house.
Chose St Chris for its alternative approach and intimate setting. Not one to beat around the bush, he...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Our strengths lie in supporting pupils with dyslexia and dyspraxia, though not severe. Occasionally we incorporate successfully a few pupils with Asperger’s Syndrome.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | Y |
| PD - Physical Disability | Y |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment | Y |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's College School | 2024 | 1 |
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