Christ'S School

Christ's School is a Church of England secondary school, located in Richmond, London. It has the distinction of being the only Church of England secondary school in Richmond upon Thames. Around 670 pupils, between the ages of 11 and 19, attend the school. Christ's is located very near Richmond Park, one of London's largest parks. HistoryThe school's origins date back to 1658 when John Frederick Bentley, a local business man and justice of the peace, offered to build a school at his own expense. However, the school was not formally established until May 25, 1713, when a number of well-intentioned citizens of Richmond, headed by Queen Anne, agreed to subscribe towards "The setting up of a Charity School in the Parish of Richmond, for teaching poor children to read, and instructing them in the knowledge and practice of Christian religion as professed and taught in the Church of England. "The original school building was located at the corner of George Street and Brewer's Lane and was attached to the local parish church of St Mary Magdalene. It was informally known as a Bluecoat school as the pupils were then provided with blue gowns – a tradition carried on with the current uniform of blue blazers. In 1854, the school moved to a bigger building at the junction of Eton Street and Paradise road. A century later this was considered too small and ill-equipped by the standards of the 1944 Education Act, so the school moved to new buildings in 1960 and was then known as St. Mary Magdalene Church of England School. The school had links with St Edward the Confessor RC school which had opened in 1954. The two schools ran a joint sixth form during the late 1960s but this proved to be a short lived experiment. In 1978, St Edward the Confessor RC School merged with the St Mary Magdalane School to form Christs School under the Headship of Mr Baker. This was one of the first Eucumenical (RC and C of E) maintained church schools in England.

Christ's School is a Church of England secondary school, located in Richmond, London. It has the distinction of being the only Church of England secondary school in Richmond upon Thames. Around 670 pupils, between the ages of 11 and 19, attend the school. Christ's is located very near Richmond Park, one of London's largest parks. HistoryThe school's origins date back to 1658 when John Frederick Bentley, a local business man and justice of the peace, offered to build a school at his own expense. However, the school was not formally established until May 25, 1713, when a number of well-intentioned citizens of Richmond, headed by Queen Anne, agreed to subscribe towards "The setting up of a Charity School in the Parish of Richmond, for teaching poor children to read, and instructing them in the knowledge and practice of Christian religion as professed and taught in the Church of England. "The original school building was located at the corner of George Street and Brewer's Lane and was attached to the local parish church of St Mary Magdalene. It was informally known as a Bluecoat school as the pupils were then provided with blue gowns – a tradition carried on with the current uniform of blue blazers. In 1854, the school moved to a bigger building at the junction of Eton Street and Paradise road. A century later this was considered too small and ill-equipped by the standards of the 1944 Education Act, so the school moved to new buildings in 1960 and was then known as St. Mary Magdalene Church of England School. The school had links with St Edward the Confessor RC school which had opened in 1954. The two schools ran a joint sixth form during the late 1960s but this proved to be a short lived experiment. In 1978, St Edward the Confessor RC School merged with the St Mary Magdalane School to form Christs School under the Headship of Mr Baker. This was one of the first Eucumenical (RC and C of E) maintained church schools in England.