Christ's School

Choosing the right secondary school for your daughter or son is a vitally important decision. We recognise the crucial role played by you as parents in the education of your children. You want them to be happy and successful so you need to feel confident that we will provide the environment where this will happen.

Christ’s School welcomes applications from all members of the community. We aim to create an inclusive, caring and supportive community where all pupils learn and flourish. For the academic year beginning September 2019 we will have 150 places available in Years 7 to 11.Entry into Year 7 can be via a Foundation place (50 places), which requires church attendance, or via an Open place (100 places). All applications for Year 7 places at Christ's School must be made via the eAdmissions website. In addition, if you are applying for a Foundation place, you will need to complete a Foundation Supplementary Information Form and get your minister to complete a Ministerial Reference Form. Both of these need to be returned to Karen Hindle at Christ's School. The Sixth Form at Christ’s School is a place where students are valued and respected as young adults, where excellence and individuality thrives and where high academic standards, combined with wide ranging enrichment opportunities, ensure that students fulfill their potential.Our Sixth Form offers a diverse range of subjects. Places are open to everyone who meets the academic entry requirements, where the school offers suitable courses. Christ's Church of England School has a distinctive Christian ethos founded on the values of love, justice and peace, and they underpin everything we do. We welcome applications from all members of the community and we ask all parents to respect the Christian ethos of the school and its importance to our community.

Christ's School curriculum is designed to cover a wide range of subjects and to encourage independent learning. The curriculum is broad and balanced to enable every student to develop their academic strengths and personal talents. Students are encourage to choose subjects giving a broad depth of curriculum. Full details of our curriculum policy can be found in the Curriculum Statement. The increasing pressure on students to make specific levels of progress and achieve particular grades at GCSE can leave both students, parents and teachers feeling overwhelmed.Alongside the existing pressures, there are now additional SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) requirements and marks in every GCSE exam.Literacy is a national Government priority and also a priority for Christ’s School.The link between home and school is vital in order for you/ your child to succeed, whether this is through pastoral or academic support. Good literacy skills link to both happiness and achievement.

Christ's School is an over-subscribed school in the heart of Richmond, with origins dating back to 1658, where our community is founded on the Christian values of love, justice and peace, and they underpin everything that we do.We are committed to the pursuit of excellence in all that we do and if you entrust your child to us you will see that we work tirelessly to achieve this.

As a Church of England school our mission is to be one where each individual is valued and respected. We will aim to meet the needs of all our learners by offering them every opportunity to learn and develop in order to fulfil their potential. We will celebrate our skills, talents and successes within a community founded upon our Christian values of Love, Justice and Peace.

Our core purpose is to provide all members of our community with the skills necessary to become outstanding learners both whilst they remain at our school and also throughout their lives. We encourage everyone to develop independent learning skills and to support each other in achieving this important goal.We recognise and celebrate success wherever we can. We believe that we all have talent and that it is our responsibility to identify, nurture and develop that talent to the best of our abilities with the help, guidance and support of others.

The Governing Body is a team of committed and enthusiastic volunteers, representing all corners of our school community including parents, staff and local churches. We work closely with the Headteacher and senior staff in the school to set strategic direction and ensure strong accountability is in place for everything that happens at Christ’s.In short, we are often described as ‘critical friends’ of the school; challenging and giving constructive criticism, but always from the perspective of strong support and absolute commitment to the goals of the school.

Since September 2012 there is a general requirement for schools to publish details of their pupil premium grant allocation, how it is spent and the impact it has on attainment.The Department for Education website makes it clear that the government believes that this grant, which is in addition to the main school funding, is the best way to address the current inequalities between children who are eligible for free school meals, or who have been at some time in the last six years, and their wealthier peers. The pupil premium funding is therefore targeted at the pupils who need it the most and whilst schools are free to spend the grant as they see fit, they are accountable for the use of this additional funding in support of students from low-income families.