Governors

St Christopher's The Hall School Limited is a registered not-for-profit company (company number 590877) and a registered charity (charity number 307917), and is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The Governors are the Directors of the company and the Trustees of the charity; no governor gains financially from involvement with the school. The Governors meet regularly to determine the general policy for the school, including its finances and the maintenance and development of the school grounds, buildings and equipment. The day to day management of the school is delegated to the Head and his staff. The Chairman of the Governors can be contacted via the School Office.

Chris Hilditch (Chair of Governors)

Chris worked in the city for over 25 years at Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs before retiring in 2006. He has had two children at St Christopher's, often helping with boys sport and refereeing football. He has lived in Beckenham for 18 years and is also a a governor at Trinity school, on the finance committee.

Chris became a Governor of St. Christopher's in 2009 and the Chair in 2011.

Alison Jane Anderson BSc. ACA CTA

Alison was born and brought up in and around Beckenham and attended Sydenham High School from the age of 6. She attended Manchester University where she gained an honours degree in Accounting and Computer Science. She has worked for over 20 years in the accounting profession, specialising in taxation.

Alison has one child who joined St. Christopher’s in Lower Kindergarten (and who is currently in year 5). When he started school she joined the committee of the St. Christopher’s Association, becoming its treasurer shortly afterwards - a post which she held for over 5 years. Alison has been very involved in fundraising activities for the SCA (learning a lot about the school as a result). She also registered the SCA as a charity.

Alison became a Governor in March 2009.

Mr N. Cross

Terry Heard M.A. (Cambridge), P.G.C.E (Cambridge), B.A. (Manchester)

After reading mathematics at Jesus College, Cambridge, Terry Heard taught for a while in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and then for thirty years at the City of London School, where he was Head of Mathematics and then Second Master (Deputy Head). Following retirement in 1997 he has maintained his mathematical interests by continuing to write text books (ten in all), and by involvement with the Royal Institution Mathematics Masterclasses (which he helped to set up) and various local or national mathematics competitions. He has also taken an honours degree in Opera Studies, is a volunteer guide at the Handel House Museum, and is active as an amateur singer and instrumentalist. Terry Heard joined the Board of Governors in 1997.

Chris Martin B.Sc., Ph.D., ACGI, MBCS.

Chris became involved with St Christopher's when his first son joined in 2001, and has had 4 children in the school, with one now remaining in year 2. Educated at the Bootham, the Friends school in York, Chris went on to gain a 1^st class honours degree and Ph.D. in Computing from Imperial College, London, and now runs a software development company in the city.

Chris joined the Governors in 2011 and is involved in the website, IT and information management within the school.

Tracy Sell-Peters B.A.(Hons), M.A.(Cantab), LLB

Tracy was born in England and emigrated to Canada as a child. She attended Trinity College at the University of Toronto, where she gained an Honours Degree with Distinction in History and French. Tracy then returned to the UK to undertake her Law degree at Cambridge University, but went back to Canada after that and gained a Canadian Law degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax. She was called to the Bar in Ontario, Canada in 1995 and to the Solicitor's Roll in England in 1996, having moved to England in 1995. Tracy is a litigator in the field of Healthcare Law, representing medical practitioners in relation to many aspects of medico-legal work, including when they are sued, when they are being disciplined by their employers or their regulatory bodies (such as the General Medical Council) and when they need assistance in relation to matters such as Inquests or Inquires. She is a Partner and Head of the Healthcare Department at Fishburns Solicitors.

Tracy lives in Beckenham and has had two children at St Christopher's : Isabella joined in Upper Kindergarten and has now gone on to secondary school and Amelia joined in Lower Kindergarten and is currently in Year 6. Tracy has been involved in fundraising events for the SCA and has generally taken an active role in the school.

Tracy became a Governor of St Christopher's in 2011.

Anne Sykes MA, BM, BCH, MRCGP.

Anne's association with St Christophers began in 1993 when her eldest daughter, Catherine, joined the Kindergarten. She was followed by Rachel in 1994 and then Peter in 1998. He left the school in 2007 so she has been a parent at the school for a total of 14 years. Anne works part-time as a GP in Forest Hill.