We nurture tall poppies
 

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 life long 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
   
• it's own history and traditions.

Our learner profile
 

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

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