St Christopher School Letchworth Garden City

A truly independent school for children and young people age 3 - 18 We help children to become self-disciplined and self-motivated individuals who are creative thinkers, independent learners and able to make informed choices. When the School was founded in 1915 the Daily Herald reported that the School was based not on the sameness of children, their conformity to type, but on their differences. This concept of treating children as individuals was revolutionary at the time and continues to be one of the distinctive characteristics of a St. Chris education. We do things differently because they work. We allow children to decide what they wear to school because it teaches them to be self-reliant and to make informed choices. Everyone is called by their first names (pupils and teaching staff alike) because we have found that this promotes better relationships between children and teachers, based on mutual trust. Parents also tell us that the use of first names makes conversations with teachers easier and more productive.