Christ's Hospital A GSG School
- Christ's Hospital
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 0LJ - Head: Simon Reid
- T 01403 211293
- F 01403 211580
- E enquiries@christs-hospital.org.uk
- W www.christs-hospital.org.uk
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Read about the best schools in West Sussex
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: West Sussex
- Pupils: 850; sixth formers: 280
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £21,660 - £29,178; Boarding £41,910 - £44,844 pa (last updated on 16/06/2024)
- Open days: Open Morning each term / Virtual Open Day via website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Music is in the bones of CH. Plenty of practice for the school’s iconic marching band (founded circa 1868) which accompanies all 900 students, four days a week, into lunch. Speech day is attended by the Lord Mayor of London and whole-school events such as St Mathew’s Day are held in the City featuring much pomp and pageantry. Tradition and history rooted in a Christian ethos, juxtaposed with the modernity of diversity and inclusion...
What the school says...
Christs Hospital is in many ways unique, offering an independent education of the highest calibre to children with academic potential, from all walks of life in a caring, boarding and day environment.
Pupils fees are assessed according to family income, so that it is a childs ability and potential to benefit from a Christs Hospital education that determines their selection. This results in a social and cultural diversity that enriches our school community and offers our pupils unique opportunities as we prepare them to take their place in the modern world.
We believe in the benefits of a rounded and balanced education for our pupils. In practice, this means that as well as a challenging academic programme, pupils are also involved in music, art, drama, public speaking, community action and sport.
The School has an impressive history of high academic achievement with an average of 10 pupils each year taking up places at Oxford or Cambridge, and 98% of leavers going on to top Universities in this country and abroad. ...Read more
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Curricula
International Baccalaureate: diploma - the diploma is the familiar A-level equivalent.
Cambridge Pre-U - an alternative to A levels, with all exams at the end of the two-year course.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2017, Simon Reid, read English at the University of Witwatersrand. South African born and raised but moved to the UK nearly 30 years ago. Previously head of Gordonstoun; before that, an English teacher and housemaster here.
We dive straight into discussing his legacy: this is Mr Reid’s final academic year at Christ’s Hospital (CH). Twisting one of his CH cufflinks and pondering his yellow CH socks, he responds, ‘I want the children to be kind and leave behind school-wide civility’. ‘Compassion, care, and kindness,’ he reiterates, ‘and courage.’ The new expeditionary (outdoor) learning programme, his brainchild, encapsulates this.
Bricks-and-mortar projects of his tenure include a state-of-the-art athletics track opening in summer 2025 (diggers in ground the day of our visit), and a smart (and popular)...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
We have a department of one specialist teacher (the SENCO) who, as far as time allows, offers one-to-one support lessons to those pupils who have been identified and assessed as having a specific learning difficulty. We do not currently offer in-class support, but The Department does seek to encourage mainstream teachers to follow the kinds of classroom strategies that will suit pupils with specific difficulties (and also other pupils). Most of the difficulties that we encounter are mild, and of a dyslexic nature, although we do have some pupils whose difficulties are more significant and who, for example, may qualify to use a word-processor in examinations. We also have a small number of pupils with social communication difficulties or mild Asperger's Syndrome, ADHD or OCD. We do not offer expert support for such pupils, but some of them have made significant progress as a result of academic and boarding house staff offering support which has been devised as a result of ongoing discussion with the SENCO. 10-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder |
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| HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment |
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| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty |
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| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing |
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| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes |
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| PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability |
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| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
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| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma |
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| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication |
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| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP) |
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| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) |
Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beachborough School | 2024 | 1 | 1 | Scholarships: 1x Art Scholarship |
| Dulwich Prep & Senior | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Summer Fields | 2024 | 1 | ||
| The Prebendal School | 2024 | 1 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| Windlesham House School | 2024 | 1 | 1 | Drama Scholarship |
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