The St Christopher School
Academy special converter school in Leigh-on-Sea (Southend-on-Sea).
Location
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Christopher School INNOVATE, EMPOWER, INSPIRE Slide Background The St. Christopher School INNOVATE, EMPOWER, INSPIRE Headteacher's welcome... Welcome to The St Christopher School. The St. Christopher School is an academy special school situated in Leigh-on-Sea. We cater for children and young people who have learning disabilities, in particular ASD & ADHD, aged 3 to 19yrs.
We hope the website gives you a small insight into life at The St. Christopher School but we know it cannot substitute for a visit. If you would like to know more about us, please contact the school. Please see just some of the brilliant things our learners have been up to!
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Philosophy for Children (P4C)
Key facts
- URN
- 138044
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Constituency
- Southend West and Leigh
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (8 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.3 governors are linked to a profile (1 confirmed, 2 (likely)).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Roberts Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Stephen Budge Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Elected by parents | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Elspeth Kirk | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr David Gribbon | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Chris Hebden (likely) | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Paul Barber | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Sakhile Twine | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Richard Newman | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mr Andrew Stokes | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mr Dan Woodman (likely) Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record