History

Christ's origins date back to 1658 when John Bentley made a bid to found a free charity school. Bentley was a local business man and justice of the peace and he offered to build a school at his own expense.

The school however was not formally established until 25th May 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." Queen Anne's subscription was a princely £30.00.

The original school was situated at the corner of George Street and Brewer's Lane in a building that had formerly been the Old Lily Pot Inn. The school was attached to the local parish church of St Mary Magdalene, but was informally known as a Bluecoat school, as the pupils were then provided with blue gowns – a tradition carried on with today's blue blazers.

In 1854 the school moved to a bigger building at the junction of Eton Street and Paradise Road, but a century later this was considered too small and ill equipped by the standards of the 1944 Education Act and so the school moved to new buildings on the east side of Queen's Road in 1960 and was known as St Mary Magdalene Church of England School.

For a short time, the school had links with St Edward the Confessor RC School which had opened in 1954 and was situated on the west side of Queens Road (now the site of Marshgate Primary School). The two schools ran a joint sixth form during the late 1960s but this proved to be a short lived experiment, although the governors of both schools considered a merger at the end of 1976.

In 1997, by mutual agreement, the Roman Catholic Church withdrew from the management arrangement and Christ's School was established on 1st September 1998 and returned to the original foundation, that of a Church of England Secondary School.

The school was re-launched on one site (the old East side) for the September intake 2000. The old building was considerably refurbished and expanded with purpose built art and textile rooms and a new technical block, housing science laboratories, design and technology workshops and food technology room, as well as a full size sports hall.

A state of the art music block was opened by Sir Tim Rice in 2004.

The school logo consists of the superimposed Greek letters Chi X; and Rho P, which are the first two letters of Christ in Greek. This logo in gold distinguishes the blue blazers worn by more than 850 students who attend Christ's School today.

  • 07:07 AM - 19th March, 2024 Year 7 Boys BOROUGH CHAMPIONS!!!!Congratulations to the Year 7 boys basketball team who beat SRRS 46-27 in the Borough final!MVP: Danny O and Odysseas#englandbasketball pic.twitter.com/g14zLZoWVq
  • 12:03 PM - 15th March, 2024 Well done to the Y7 & Y8 netball teams who are still undefeated in the borough league both beating Turing House School last night. pic.twitter.com/rhhazG9pmk
  • 11:55 AM - 15th March, 2024 We're recruiting 2x part time, term time only admin postsAdmissions OfficerMarketing OfficerJobs could be combined for the right candidateSee the website for more info & application form which should be submitted to hr.school by 9am 25.03.24 Read more pic.twitter.com/g66TOSrtWj
  • 10:07 AM - 13th March, 2024 Top work from our Sports Leaders on Friday who ran an excellent KS1 Sports Festival pic.twitter.com/Dujmgj3Kst
  • 10:07 AM - 13th March, 2024 Excited for this. Our Year 7 Book club discussion about the last book by took two weeks! Read more
  • 01:49 PM - 11th March, 2024 Reminder: Year 9 Options Evening, 6-8pm Tuesday 12th March. All Year 9 students and parents should attend. pic.twitter.com/RNbQDZpdt3
  • 09:59 AM - 11th March, 2024 Last chance to get tickets for the quiz. Read more you have booked, please email which team you are on with your team name/who your team members are/ if you would like to join others, tell us what yr group(s) your children are in. christsschoolpta.com pic.twitter.com/tWRFZouciy
  • 09:49 AM - 11th March, 2024 Year 7 Shield Winners at the Middlesex Rugby 7s tournament at Grasshoppers RFC on FridayWell done everyone! pic.twitter.com/BJpttS8wOT
  • 07:09 AM - 8th March, 2024 Student Parliament in action - debating the length of break and lunch, led by our new Head of Student Parliament, Alex. pic.twitter.com/vJ4ODfixWt
  • 07:12 AM - 6th March, 2024 Yr8&9 Boys Basketball Borough Champions!Christ’s School beat Turing House 33-29 in the borough final to win the Borough Championship!MVP Arthur P#juniornba pic.twitter.com/cMf4j6cRM1
  • 07:12 AM - 6th March, 2024 Y7 & Y8 netball A team did extremely well against tough opposition but managing to still get a few wins at the Middlesex tournament at Highgate School pic.twitter.com/rf1YrE0wLy
  • 09:18 AM - 28th February, 2024 Yr7 boys football team beat RPA 3-2 with a last minute winner from Max pic.twitter.com/ji8jicIpAU