About Us

Our vision

Chilton students will be remarkable as independent life-long learners.

Our purpose

Chilton Saint James School exists to challenge and nurture the whole child through the ages and stages of development from pre-literate childhood through adolescence and to young adulthood:

• to learn to know
• to learn to do 
• to learn to live with others
• to learn to be herself.

Our ethos

The Chilton ethos values:

• the individual talents and worth of each student
• thinking and learning as lifelong capacities
• the pursuit of academic excellence
• participation, striving and the achievement of one's personal best in all endeavours
• breadth and balance between the curriculum and co-curriculum
• openness and creativity
• the emotional and social well-being of everyone in its community
• human and cultural diversity
• an outward looking perspective, both nationally and internationally
• spirituality
• its own history and traditions.

Our learner profile

A Chilton graduate then, will be a well educated person who is:

• knowledgeable across a broad range of  disciplines
• empowered to make ethical, compassionate and considered choices
• a thinker who is open minded and balanced
• a reflective, lifelong learner
• a good communicator capable of framing penetrating, constructive and meaningful questions.