St Christopher's School case studies (5)

Impact of partnership work done in 2025 (ISC annual Census 2026)

• 1 state schools involved
• 21-50 state school pupils involved
• 10 staff hours given

Impact Statement

Our girls grow into inclusive, courageous and principled young women, to be change-makers, for themselves and the good of others. Having the power to improve the lives of others is a privilege, one that is reflected in the aims of St Christopher's School. Learning about others, in London or around the world, helps our staff and pupils find their passion and their voice. Taking an active role in service learning and our community through collaboration is at the heart of what we do and how we educate the girls. 

Music

Annually, we invite two local primary schools to take part in a workshop with professional musicians from the Arensky Orchestra. During COVID lockdown, we hosted the schools virtually with an artistic and musical afternoon from the Iyatra Quartet.

International School Partnership

Pupils in Years 4-6 write to their pen pals at our partner school in Sierra Leone, learning about their lives, sharing stories and descriptive writing.

Book Week

We invite one of our partner state schools to experience author visits at St Christopher's. During COVID lockdown, we did this via zoom and produced collaborative pieces of writing between the Year 5 pupil

Sharing with our Community

Prior to COVID, we invited local schools to use our facilities and staff from St Christopher's provided lessons at a local state school in languages and music. Last year, we formed a connection with a local care home. Year 5 participated in activities to learn more about the stories of the residents and we sent Christmas cards during lockdown. 

Clubs 

We currently host a photography course in collaboration with the Sir Hubert Von Herkomer Arts Foundation. The running of this course funds similar courses in the arts for children in the state sector. We provide the administration and rooms for this course without charge. 

Summer Camps for the Community

We rent our site free of charge to a STEAM based holiday camp. This camp ran throughout the summer. 25 children from St. Christopher’s out of 145 children attended. The rest were made up of boys and girls from the local community.