As we head towards our centenary in 2027, we are looking back at our history, forward to our future, and celebrating everything that we have achieved as a community over the years. As parents of older children may remember, the original St Christopher’s Honours Board used to hang in a far corner of the Hall, and was only really noticed by those who knew where to look for it.
It took St Christopher’s two years to win our first ever Scholarship, with a Maths Award to Brighton College in 1929 going to GGS Sharp. The financial award was £81, which was a considerable sum of money in those days, but this was to cover five years!
We relocated the board, and have given it some TLC, ready for it to take pride of place in the hallway as visitors enter the main building. Alongside it will be further information about Scholarship successes in our nearly 100 years of aiming for higher things (from altiora peto, our School Motto). We have achieved over 800 Scholarships in this time, with every kind of award represented from Major Academic, to Sports, Music, Drama, Dance, Choral, Art and All Rounder. Some of the destination schools named in the records are now lost to history, but in the 21st century we achieve Scholarships every year to the major senior schools in Sussex, and indeed beyond.
Since becoming a Brighton College School in 2003, St Christopher’s has won over 200 Scholarships to the College, and this number continues to increase every year. A look at the archives shows that St Christopher’s children have won Brighton College Scholarships in every single year since 1955, and I have great faith that this splendid tradition will continue long into the future.
Ms Elizabeth Lyle, Head