School Summary

St Christopher School


Boys: 300
Girls: 211
Total Pupils: 511
Opened: 01-01-1929
Ofsted:
Acting Headteacher: Rich Jones
St Christopher School
Barrington Road
Letchworth Garden City
Hertfordshire
SG6 3JZ
Telephone: 01462650850
Website: https://www.stchris.co.uk

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AdministrativeWard (code): E05004779
AdministrativeWard (name): Letchworth South West
AdmissionsPolicy (code): 4
AdmissionsPolicy (name): Non-selective
BSOInspectorateName (name): Not applicable
Boarders (code): 3
Boarders (name): Boarding school
BoardingEstablishment (name): Has boarders
CCF (name): Not applicable
CHNumber:
CensusDate: 20-01-2022
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County (name): Hertfordshire
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Diocese (code): 0000
Diocese (name): Not applicable
DistrictAdministrative (code): E07000099
DistrictAdministrative (name): North Hertfordshire
EBD (name): Not applicable
Easting: 521929
EdByOther (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentAccredited (code): 0
EstablishmentAccredited (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentName: St Christopher School
EstablishmentNumber: 6028
EstablishmentStatus (code): 1
EstablishmentStatus (name): Open
EstablishmentTypeGroup (code): 3
EstablishmentTypeGroup (name): Independent schools
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GOR (code): G
GOR (name): East of England
GSSLACode (name): E10000015
Gender (code): 3
Gender (name): Mixed
HeadFirstName: Rich
HeadLastName: Jones
HeadPreferredJobTitle: Acting Headteacher
HeadTitle (name): Mr
InspectorateName (name): ISI
InspectorateReport:
LA (code): 919
LA (name): Hertfordshire
LSOA (code): E01023648
LSOA (name): North Hertfordshire 008E
LastChangedDate: 27-06-2023
Locality:
MSOA (code): E02004916
MSOA (name): North Hertfordshire 008
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NumberOfBoys: 300
NumberOfGirls: 211
NumberOfPupils: 511
NurseryProvision (name): Has Nursery Classes
OfficialSixthForm (code): 1
OfficialSixthForm (name): Has a sixth form
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OfstedSpecialMeasures (name): Not applicable
OpenDate: 01-01-1929
ParliamentaryConstituency (code): E14000845
ParliamentaryConstituency (name): North East Hertfordshire
PercentageFSM: 0.0
PhaseOfEducation (code): 0
PhaseOfEducation (name): Not applicable
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Postcode: SG6 3JZ
PreviousEstablishmentNumber:
PreviousLA (code): 999
PreviousLA (name):
PropsName: St Christopher School Ltd
QABName (code): 0
QABName (name): Not applicable
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RSCRegion (name): North-West London and South-Central England
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (code): 00
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (name): Not applicable
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (code): 00
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (name): Not applicable
ReligiousCharacter (code): 06
ReligiousCharacter (name): None
ReligiousEthos (name): Inter- / non- denominational
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SENNoStat: 200
SENPRU (name): Not applicable
SENStat: 3
SchoolCapacity: 680
SchoolSponsorFlag (name): Not applicable
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SchoolWebsite: www.stchris.co.uk
Section41Approved (name): Not approved
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SpecialClasses (code): 2
SpecialClasses (name): No Special Classes
StatutoryHighAge: 19
StatutoryLowAge: 3
Street: Barrington Road
TeenMoth (name): Not applicable
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TelephoneNum: 01462650850
Town: Letchworth Garden City
TrustSchoolFlag (code): 0
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Not applicable
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TypeOfEstablishment (code): 11
TypeOfEstablishment (name): Other independent school
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UKPRN: 10006136
UPRN: 100081128564
URN: 117612
UrbanRural (code): C1
UrbanRural (name): (England/Wales) Urban city and town
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"Fantastic, outstanding school. Provides tailored help for academic types, all sorts artistic pursuits, superb clubs (trampolining!!) and it has expertise for children with special needs, all in one place, making a rich, varied and happy community of learners. Superb maths and science teaching. In my experience, the school responds very quickly to parental queries and goes the extra mile to provide full and extended support for talented children, and it is always there to kindly offer support in times of practical need. There is a pervasively joyful and curious atmosphere among the children and teachers. I wish all schools were like this.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Fantastic, outstanding school. Provides tailored help for academic types, all sorts artistic pursuits, superb clubs (trampolining!!) and it has expertise for children with special needs, all in one place, making a rich, varied and happy community of learners. Superb maths and science teaching. In my experience, the school responds very quickly to parental queries and goes the extra mile to provide full and extended support for talented children, and it is always there to kindly offer support in times of practical need. There is a pervasively joyful and curious atmosphere among the children and teachers. I wish all schools were like this.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Kate P","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/116668423728497382280\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AD_cMMSyQdTA8AzSYs0pG_T3WXtgAGCSxm4oWbifqHZc4n1adgI=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-11-27T11:46:10Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Well the facilitys are outstanding especially the music department never had a accual tour just had a quick nose around. I was speaking to my brother in law about St chris and apparently you can be asked to take your\nmath gcse's in year 10 and take them again if you don't get adiquite grades that is simply outrageous my brain can't fathom why a school would do that.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Well the facilitys are outstanding especially the music department never had a accual tour just had a quick nose around. I was speaking to my brother in law about St chris and apparently you can be asked to take your\nmath gcse's in year 10 and take them again if you don't get adiquite grades that is simply outrageous my brain can't fathom why a school would do that.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"_XxfishgrapexX_ tv2","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/116922884140784859830\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/AAcHTtecOhZTK6eR6SDxHsybP-ElKQHzLt9IXvUw58kLvG29=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-08-22T18:21:12Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"10 months ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Awful school \u00e2\u0080\u00a6 teachers have low expectations and teaching not great ..offer no more than your average comprehensive \u00e2\u0080\u00a6 school\u00e2\u0080\u0099s PR very good though ..in general if you want to pay for schooling do not send your child here other private schools give you a lot more for your money and give your child a much brighter future","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Awful school \u00e2\u0080\u00a6 teachers have low expectations and teaching not great ..offer no more than your average comprehensive \u00e2\u0080\u00a6 school\u00e2\u0080\u0099s PR very good though ..in general if you want to pay for schooling do not send your child here other private schools give you a lot more for your money and give your child a much brighter future","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Leda Samuel","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/114027838560560843527\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AD_cMMTC9QrEAN7IgPr-N90OqUeH-e4SqvqThfpk-CMNLymUQ5g=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-09-29T15:51:18Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Extremely bad school they say you have a choice but my son says he's forced to do everything and I've hear rumours that the year nine's have to go to Switzerland in a coach that is outrageous just think of those poor kid. Once again DO NOT send your kids to this school","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Extremely bad school they say you have a choice but my son says he's forced to do everything and I've hear rumours that the year nine's have to go to Switzerland in a coach that is outrageous just think of those poor kid. Once again DO NOT send your kids to this school","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Pewds 5 Hm","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/110547445784984087472\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/AAcHTtdWCK0OLAsLvLyASusYLTaWJU-YALnkUuloOQFlZ89S=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-06-19T15:40:12Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"The students are leaving bad reviews for a joke. If you care about you child\u00e2\u0080\u0099s education, and you\u00e2\u0080\u0099re willing to pay, then this should definitely be your first choice!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"The students are leaving bad reviews for a joke. If you care about you child\u00e2\u0080\u0099s education, and you\u00e2\u0080\u0099re willing to pay, then this should definitely be your first choice!","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Damaso Matheus","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/109068018900026555579\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AD_cMMRdki_p_dBzYnSKbnIK4tq2y_gG1RECTgtqdZ6N9Ebnuw=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-06-10T15:05:11Z"}]