Chilton Saint James School

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Chilton Saint James School
Address
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124 Waterloo Road
Hutt Central
Lower Hutt 5010
New Zealand
Coordinates41°12′37″S 174°54′49″E / 41.2104°S 174.9137°E / -41.2104; 174.9137Coordinates: 41°12′37″S 174°54′49″E / 41.2104°S 174.9137°E / -41.2104; 174.9137
Information
Funding typePrivate
Established1918
Ministry of Education Institution no.263
PrincipalKathy Lloyd-Parker[1]
Years offered1–13
GenderGirls
School roll308[2] (March 2021)
Socio-economic decile10
Websitewww.chilton.school.nz

Chilton Saint James School is a private single-sex girls composite school located in central Lower Hutt, New Zealand. The school was founded in 1918 by Geraldine FitzGerald, and was a combined day and boarding school until the dormitories closed in the late 1970s.[3] Chilton St James has a roll of 308 students from Years 1 to 13 (ages 5 to 18) as of March 2021.[2] The school also has a co-educational preschool for boys and girls from the age of 2.

In 2018 Chilton introduced the Cambridge curriculum. Alongside this change they open the Chilton Ballet Academy (CBA), a co-ed dance training school that prepares young dancers to break into the industry.[4] In 2020, the school also opened the Co-ed Chilton Music School (CMS) as a musical program to help prepared students who want to go into the music industry. The school runs the Chilton Dance Centre, which provides afterschool dance lessons and training in classical ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, lyrical, tap, musical theatre dance and pilates to students from Preschool to Adults.

Enrollment[]

As a private school, Chilton St James receives little funding from the government and charges parents of students tuition fees to cover costs. As of 2013, the school fees range from NZ$12,732 for Year 1–3 student to $17,080 for Year 9–13 students, inclusive of GST. A 7.5% fee discount applies if a student has one or more siblings also attending the school.[5] Fees for international students are higher.

At the March 2013 Education Review Office (ERO) review, Chilton St James had 420 students, including four international students. 63% as New Zealand European (Pākehā), 9% as other European, 16% as Asian (including 5% as Indian), 6% as Māori, 3% as Pacific Islanders, and 4% as other ethnicities.[6]

The school has a socio-economic decile of 10, meaning the school draws its students mainly from areas of little or no socio-economic deprivation.

Notable staff, students and alumnae[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Introducing our Principal". Chilton Saint James School. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. ^ "History in a nutshell". Chilton Saint James School. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ^ Wenman, Eleanor (15 April 2018). "Dance the day away: Life as a secondary school ballet student". Sunday Star Times.
  5. ^ "Chilton Saint James School Fees and Business Regulations" (PDF). Chilton Saint James School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Chilton St James School Education Review". Education Review Office. 27 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Take Note [sound recording] Items". Chilton Saint James School. 1997. Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via National Library of New Zealand.
  8. ^ McConnell, Rhiannon (25 February 2014). "Acting up in New York". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Peggy Spicer". www.arcadja.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

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