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When I came to St Chris, I felt like I was coming home. It's the first place that I feel that I belong, and that's across all of my career history.

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Open Vacancies

Governor
We are seeking individuals who share our commitment to education and who wish to make a meaningful contribution to the future success of St Christopher School. St Chris is entering an important and exciting period in its development. The independent education sector is experiencing significant change, with evolving educational expectations, increased regulatory requirements, demographic shifts and economic pressures. These challenges also present opportunities for innovation, growth and transformation. As a Governor, you will join the Board contributing to the School’s strategic direction, educational innovation, financial resilience, effective governance and commitment to inclusion, wellbeing and safeguarding. Working collaboratively with fellow Governors and the Senior Leadership Team, you will help ensure the continued success and long-term sustainability of the School. The Board of Governors is collectively responsible for the strategic leadership, effective governance and long-term sustainability of the School. Governors serve as Trustees of the School’s charitable trust and Directors of the School’s company. Working collaboratively with fellow Governors and the Senior Leadership Team, they provide strategic oversight, support and constructive challenge to ensure the School continues to flourish. We are particularly interested in hearing from individuals who can bring professional expertise, strategic insight and sound judgement to the Board, together with a commitment to the values and ethos of St Chris. This is an opportunity to contribute to the future of one of the UK's most distinctive independent schools and to make a lasting difference to the lives, education and wellbeing of young people. To apply, please contact Toni Warner (Head's PA and Clerk to the Governors) with your CV via email at toni.warner@stchris.co.uk or telephone 01462 650901. We warmly welcome tours and informal conversations. The closing date for applications for this role is Monday, 22 June 2026. The school reserves the right to contact candidates ahead of the closing date, and applications will be considered as they are received. Governor Opportunity

Governor

We are seeking individuals who share our commitment to education and who wish to make a meaningful contribution to the future success of St Christopher School.

St Chris is entering an important and exciting period in its development. The independent education sector is experiencing significant change, with evolving educational expectations, increased regulatory requirements, demographic shifts and economic pressures. These challenges also present opportunities for innovation, growth and transformation.

As a Governor, you will join the Board contributing to the School’s strategic direction, educational innovation, financial resilience, effective governance and commitment to inclusion, wellbeing and safeguarding. Working collaboratively with fellow Governors and the Senior Leadership Team, you will help ensure the continued success and long-term sustainability of the School.

The Board of Governors is collectively responsible for the strategic leadership, effective governance and long-term sustainability of the School. Governors serve as Trustees of the School’s charitable trust and Directors of the School’s company. Working collaboratively with fellow Governors and the Senior Leadership Team, they provide strategic oversight, support and constructive challenge to ensure the School continues to flourish.

We are particularly interested in hearing from individuals who can bring professional expertise, strategic insight and sound judgement to the Board, together with a commitment to the values and ethos of St Chris.

This is an opportunity to contribute to the future of one of the UK's most distinctive independent schools and to make a lasting difference to the lives, education and wellbeing of young people.

To apply, please contact Toni Warner (Head's PA and Clerk to the Governors) with your CV via email at toni.warner@stchris.co.uk or telephone 01462 650901. We warmly welcome tours and informal conversations.
The closing date for applications for this role is Monday, 22 June 2026. The school reserves the right to contact candidates ahead of the closing date, and applications will be considered as they are received.

Governor Opportunity

Life at St Chris

St Chris seeks to be a continuously developing community of children and adults working together to enable everyone to achieve their best. All are valued as individuals and encouraged to develop curiosity, competence, judgement, kindness and courage.

We treat young people as individuals, encouraging them to develop into capable, imaginative, responsible people with a zest for life. Our people practices for staff reflect these values.

We are committed to creating and sustaining an environment that values and celebrates the diversity of staff and students. We welcome staff who can bring new perspectives, experiences and skills that will enhance our community and learning.

If you share our holistic vision of education, we would love to hear from you.

St Chris is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the disclosure and barring service.

`Pay` and Recognition

Base pay
Teaching and Learning responsibility allowances
Recognition and feedback

Benefits Including

Pension
Death in Service benefits
Health and Wellbeing benefits including Westfield Health
Employee Assistance Programme
Complementary vegetarian lunch and free tea and coffee
Occupational sick-pay
School fee remission

Learning and Development

Workplace learning: compliance, safety, and new skills
Training including access to professional qualifications
Continual performance improvement conversations (Clear Review)
Career development
Mentoring and coaching

Work Environment

Staff Voice
Organisational culture (collaboration and inclusion) and work that underpins our core values
Beautiful grounds
Multiple communication streams
Flexibility and support

Register your interest in future roles

Meet Lydia Somerville, Junior School Forest School Teacher.

Throughout her 8 years at St Chris, Lydia has been a Year 2 (H Group) teacher, a Year 5 (E Group) teacher, and now leads Forest School sessions across the Junior School.

Ever since becoming the Junior School Forest School Teacher, Lydia has also been the Be Green lead in the Junior School and landed the School our Green Flag status this year with the help of the Junior School Eco Council; an enormous accomplishment!

Lydia loves working at St Chris, she said "I love the community feel of St Chris. If the Be Green team think of something we could work on to change and make more planet friendly, we usually get a positive, helpful response. Different teams across the school are keen to support us in aiding the school to become a more environmentally friendly place".

Meet Mike Li, Performing Arts Technician.

His ninth year at St Chris, Mike Li is a member of our Professional Services team, and his work is instrumental to ensuring all School events from the Junior School to the Sixth Form go off without a hitch.

Mike Li is a St Chris alumni (1994-2000) and, throughout his time in the education sector, found himself comparing the facilities to those at St Chris. "I found myself saying: "This place is really nice, but I wish it had this St Chris thing". Throughout all my jobs, I wanted to do more, and help more, and St Chris was the place I could do that".

When describing his job now, Mike says it's "hugely exciting. When you work in a professional TV set, for example, you know what you're going to get. When you're working with students you have no idea what you're going to get, and that's just as exciting as working on a professional set. My favourite thing is seeing them grow and develop; students at St Chris often come to us shy - and perhaps a little held back - and then grow to take on lead parts and being unphased by taking centre stage. Students that can be seen as 'naughty' or disruptive find their place here and they flourish".

Meet Alistair Phillips, Assistant Head (Pastoral Care).

Alistair joined St Chris in September 2023 with an ambitious mindset.

After moving to Cambridge, he took a job at Long Road Sixth Form College however, Alistair said, “While I loved working with Sixth Formers, it was such a massive place and the students are only there for 18 months, so you didn’t get to know any of them very well.” Alistair was attracted to St Chris because of its smaller size and its philosophy around knowing each child individually.

In his time at St Chris, Alistair is looking forward to “achieving a system where students feel supported from day one and throughout their journey. I want St Chris’s Senior School to be the top choice for our Year 6 students, and the Sixth Form to be the top choice for those in Year 11”.

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