Agenda item

Report of Christ’s Hospital.

The Chairman praised the report and fully appreciated the work of those at Christ’s Hospital involved in producing the report.

The Director of Development thanked the Chairman for his comments and confirmed that it was the sixth year that the impact report had been produced and that the school were exploring ways to in which they could expand the report to provide more detail. Mentioned how much they work other organisations and schools. The Director highlighted Christ’s Hospital’s work undertaken with other schools in the surrounding area and London, and mentioned how the Math’s Challenge held in March 2024 at Guildhall had 170 primary school pupils in attendance. He reminded the committee that that there were plenty of opportunities for young children to utilise the amazing facilities at Christ’s Hospital and was keen for Christ’s Hospital to work more closely with the City of London Academy Trust (COLAT) in future. The Chairman agreed that the opportunity to work more closely with COLAT would be a great accomplishment.

The Chairman asked if the school had been able to track how many people had read the impact report to which the Director confirmed that the report had been sent to all 8,000 Christ’s Hospital alumni, as well as a further 3,500 sent to current and former parents of pupils who had attended the school; overall the report had been sent to 14,000 recipients worldwide. A Member raised a concern regarding postage costs and had asked of this number what percentage was sent via post or via email and the Director confirmed that the vast majority had been sent via email, however 2,000 hard copies were sent those who donated to the school in the previous year; as well as other key supporters. He informed the Committee that the report had been used as a tool when promoting Christ’s Hospital to supporters and members of Livery Companies, receiving positive feedback, and the Director had mentioned how independent schools had started creating their own impact reports as a result. Members were also keen to see more content within the ‘Impact on Society’ section of the report.

The Deputy Chairman informed the committee that a Shadow Minister had met Christ’s Hospital students at a previous music event and a Member raised a further question, and asked if the impact report had gone to the leader of the opposition within central government to which the Director confirmed that conversations were still ongoing, however the impact report had been communicated to decision-makers.

The Deputy Chairman thanked the Director of Development and his team for their efforts in raising funding for the school and he appealed to Members to think of ways in which the Committee could get more stakeholders engaged in Christ’s Hospital activities. The Chairman instructed the Town Clerk to work with the Director to investigate further ways to promote Christ’s Hospital to Members of the Court of Common Council.

RESOLVED, - that, the report and its contents were noted.