CHOBA and Christ’s Hospital-related News 
60+ Years On Reunion - REGISTER online
60+ Years-On Reunion (Leavers of 1950 or before) Wed 24th Mar 2010
ORDER TICKETS in the CHOBA Shop, or by contacting the CHOBA Office
More details can be found on the dedicated event page
CH Examination Results - notes
Christ's Hospital's focus on traditional academic subjects underpinned outstanding examination results in 2009.
At GCSE, pupils recorded the School's best ever results with 95% of all entries at A*, A or B grade and 80% of entries at A* or A grade. The Times placed Christ's Hospital 12th in its national rank of GCSE examination results for Independent Co-educational Schools.
A Level results were also excellent with an overall pass rate of 100%. 33 candidates (a quarter of the group) achieved three or more A grades.
View a summary of examination results from 2005 to 2009
GCSE Government Achievement and Attainment Tables
The fact that the Government does not officially accredit the IGCSE (International GCSE) qualification in either Mathematics or English (despite awarding it official status in other subjects) severely distorts the CH results in the West Sussex schools’ league table performance for 2009. All Christ’s Hospital pupils take IGCSE Mathematics, which automatically excludes them from any system counting, only A*-C passes in “standard” GCSE, since these measures usually insist on including Mathematics and English.
The Blue 2008/2009 - ORDER NOW!
The Blue annual School magazine is still available to order from the online shop.
Further stock is now available - while stocks last.
The Blue is the annual School magazine, reflecting the year 2008/2009. Once again this high quality publication is available to purchase, the articles cover a whole range of activities including Sport, Music, Drama, Creative Writing and Art, it also includes a CD of the best of CH music.
The price is £10.00 inc. UK p&p - contact the office for international orders.
Order your copy online in the CHOBA Shop
2009 CHOBA Carol Concert - review & photos
The fifth annual CHOBA Carol Concert took place on Thursday 17th December at the Church of St Andrew in Holborn. We had an excellent turn out with 120 guests and a choir of some 25 strong.
At 6pm prompt our Master of Ceremonies, Adrian Bawtree, called us to order and welcomed us to the concert. We started with an old favourite, O Come All Ye Faithful, to get everyone in the mood and following a reading by Andrew Howgego continued with the carols: Good King Wenceslas, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, The Twelve Days of Christmas and Hark, The Herald Angels Sing.
The programme also allowed for some choir solos, further readings by Rhiannon Fisher and Nick Angel and as befits a CH concert, the singing was of a very high standard.
Adrian Bawtree worked wonders with the choir in the very short rehearsal period and Peter Dutton did a fantastic job from the organ loft!.
We finished not, as in previous years, with much standing up and sitting down to “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, but instead to a rousing version of Hark, The Herald Angels Sing.
Following the hearty singing was the good cheer in the form of the mulled wine and mince pies and for many on to the pub for a few more!
A big thank you from the CHOBA Board to all who gave up their time to make this event happen, which makes this flagship event an opportunity for mingling, renewing old acquaintances, sharing anecdotes and memories and officially starting Christmas!
Photos from the evening are now available in the 2009 Carol Concert Photo Gallery
The date has been confirmed for Old Blues Day 2010
Old Blues Day 2010 will take place on Saturday 25th April.
This will be a family-based day following on from the successes of previous years. The activities and events on the day will be confirmed near the time - there will be plenty to do, see and take part in, so put the date in your diaries now.
Tickets for morning coffee, lunch and tea will be available from the middle of February via The CHOBA Online Shop, or alternatively contact Margaret in the CHOBA Office.
Paper order forms will also be included with the Housey! magazine due out in March, but please do use The CHOBA Online Shop if you can as it helps to keep our admin costs to a minimum.
Come along with your family and meet up with old friends and contemporaires - it'll be a great day!
2010 Christ's Hospital Reunion Programme Dates
The CHOBA is delighted to announce the 2010 programme of events being held at CH.
We are welcoming back Old Blues on their 10,20,30,40,50 and 60+ year anniversaries to re-visit the site and see how it has changed and meet up with their peers and teaching staff, including the Head Master and Clerk. These events include lunch in Court Room, visits to Boarding Houses and school departments, which proved a great success at last years' reunions.
We also have Old Blues Day, open to all Old Blues and their families, planned for April 24th 2010.
To access these dates visit the events page.
Any queries concerning these events, please contact the CHOBA Administrator
New range of merchandise for 2010
A new range of CH merchandise for 2010 is now available, and can be ordered online via the CHOBA Shop.
Our new stock includes:-
- CH silk single crested tie
- a new range of cufflinks
- hooded sweatshirt
- polo shirt
- fleece jacket
- rugby shirt
To order please visit our Online shop or contact the CHOBA Administrator.
CH Experiences - share yours to help CH
In our quest to raise awareness of Christ’s Hospital’s ethos to help us raise funds and communicate its valuable purpose to wide audiences, we are frequently asked for real-life examples of how CH has transformed lives. It would be enormously helpful to have at our fingertips, some Case Studies based on your experiences, that we can use to demonstrate this point and which you would be happy for us to use, either in conversation or in printed form.
If you are interested in helping us in this way, follow the link for more details, including some examples and a template to complete:-
www.chassociation.org/chexperience
East Sussex CHOBA Section has new lunch venue
Following the unexpected closure of the previous pub used for East Sussex section lunches, they have now found the ideal alternative venue at The Cock Inn near Lewes and have booked for the first Wednesday of every month throughout 2010.
The Cock Inn is situated just beside the A26 between Lewes and Uckfield and their address is: Uckfield Road, Nr Ringmer, East Sussex. BN8 5RX and their website link is: www.cockpub.co.uk.
Further details can be found in the East Sussex Section page
CHOBA Carol Concert Programme
We are pleased to announce the Programme for the 2009 CHOBA Carol Concert on Thursday 17th December. Your conductor and MC for the evening will be
Mr Adrian Bawtree (LHA, PeA 1979 -86).
The Congregational Carols being sung will be:
O Come All Ye Faithful
Good King Wenceslas
God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Hark,The Herald Angels Sing
The Choir Music will include:
Sir Christemas - Mathias
In The Bleak Midwinter - Darke
Sans Day Carol - arr. Rutter
Most of the music is in Carols for Choirs 1 & 2. The only piece that isn't is the Darke version of In The Bleak Midwinter. There will be copies of all the music available on the day, but if you want to bring your own that is fine.
We now have 25 volunteers for the Old Blue choir. If you are interested in singing in the Choir or playing an instrument for some or all of the concert then let us know in the CHOBA Office.
We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Thursday 17th December.
New Chairman for the CHOBA Board
Following his recent promotion to Director of Music at Christ's Hospital, Adrian Bawtree will be stepping down as Chair of the CHOBA Board. We are very fortunate that he will continue to serve on the Board as the Head Master's Representative, providing that essential close link with the school.
We are pleased to confirm that his successor will be Nick Angel (Ba A & Th A/B, 1981-88).
Nick is a CH Governor and lives locally to the school.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Adrian for his vision and leadership over the past 12 months - he has helped to continue to foster excellent relationships with the school, bringing an imaginative approach to building awareness between Old Blues and the school.
Nick brings extensive professional experience, personal drive and excellent communication skills to the role. We look forward to his leadership, given his clear passion for everything that CH and the CHOBA stand for.
We wish him every success as Chairman of the CHOBA Board.
CH School Inspection Reports
The Headmaster, John Franklin, writes:- "In September this year, Christ’s Hospital underwent its six-yearly inspection with inspection teams here from both the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) and OFSTED. The ISI team scrutinised our pastoral care, general educational provision, governance, management and links to parents and the community, while the OFSTED team looked at our welfare provision. Copies of the two inspection reports can be found on both the CHOBA and school websites...."
The full Headmaster's Letter is here:-
Inspection Report One:-
Inspection Report Two:-
Book on Brangwyn murals in CH chapel
Libby Horner, the Brangwyn expert, has recently published a 108 page book about the Brangwyn murals in Christ’s Hospital chapel. The book is beautifully illustrated and shows for the first time all the panels and all the cartoons owned by the school. The tome includes a preface by the Head Master, a biography of Brangwyn, notes about the architects of the school Sir Aston Webb and Edward Ingress Bell, a brief history of the school, the chronology of the mural panels, detailed descriptions of each panel, a bibliography and index. Appendices give details of Brangwyn's other mural commissions and works mentioned in the text.
The 250 Limited Edition version printed on Forest Stewardship Council certified paper contains six illuminated letters designed by the author (one of which is hand tinted), a hand printed letterpress sheet, a bookmark and an illustrated Brangwyn family tree. Each work is numbered and signed by the author and bound by hand with a hand-made Nepalese Lokta paper cover.
An A5 trade edition is also available.
Libby Horner, Christ's Hospital Murals, Stanford: Libby Horner, 2008 (ISBN 978-0-9560884-1-3 for Limited Edition and 978-0-9560884-2-0 for A5 trade version). Available from Libby Horner (mail@frankbrangwyn.org), £55 including post and packing (UK) for Limited Edition version and £15 including post and packing for A5 trade version, PayPal and cheques accepted.
Friends of CH (FCH) Newsletter - Nov 09
The latest Friends of Christ's Hospital newsletter is available to view in pdf format.
Link to pdf newsletter
The Blue 2008/2009 - ORDER NOW!
The Blue annual School magazine is now available to order from the online shop.
The Blue is the annual School magazine, reflecting the year 2008/2009. Once again this high quality publication is available to purchase, the articles cover a whole range of activities including Sport, Music, Drama, Creative Writing and Art, it also includes a CD of the best of CH music.
The price is £10.00 inc. UK p&p - contact the office for international orders.
Order you copy online in the CHOBA Shop
You can also download a paper order form here:- download in PDF format 
Closing date for orders 12th December 2009
40 Years-On-Reunion photos from 7th November 2009
We had a good turnout to the 40-Years-On reunion on 7th November, and we've received some great feedback, a selection of which is shown below. We've also uploaded photographs of the day, and these can be accessed within the
Photo Gallery for the reunion.
Some quotes from the day:-
"I thought that the occasion was a great success and many of those present expressed their appreciation of the way in which they were welcomed and entertained and given such in insight into life at Christ's Hospital in modern times, with inevitable comparisons with the situation forty years ago......."
"Thank you for making Saturday such an enjoyable day for us all, it was a real pleasure to meet old friends in such a welcoming environment, what a great school!"
"It was interesting to relive past memories but also to see the great changes that have come about at CH to make it the first class school that it undoubtedly is. Whatever our personal memories I think we all take a great pride in the school"
CHA name change to CHOBA
The CHA Board was constituted to comprise a good cross-section of the overall membership and has recently considered whether or not the name “Christ’s Hospital Association” was one with which Old Blues might readily identify, particularly younger Old Blues. After due consideration a proposal was put by the Board to the Council of Almoners who approved the name-change at their meeting on 17 September, effective from 1 October 2009. Hence the new name, which is intended to be inclusive of all Old Blues and other CHA members.
The Christ’s Hospital Old Blues’ Association (“CHOBA”) serves the wide community of those with a current or historical association with the school. Its key purpose continues to be maintaining Old Blue friendships and friendships between Old Blues and the school, fully representing all ages and geographical groupings.
The Board seeks to bring this Association to the notice of as many Old Blues as possible and to create the best forum for friend-raising in that community, to generate the best support and greatest interest in Christ’s Hospital today and to encourage and facilitate Old Blue-to-Old Blue interaction. The Board believes the change will allow the association to be recognized more easily by all those connected to CH.
40 Years On ... latest attendees' list and programme published
The current list of attendees for the 40-Years-On Reunion on 7th November 2009 is available on the 40 Years On page
We're looking forward to seeing you all on the day!
Dennis Silk - lecture on Siegfried Sassoon
Dennis Silk, CBE (an Old Blue and one of the country's leading authorities on Sassoon) will give an evening lecture on:
“Siegfried Sassoon” - World War One Poet, War Hero and Activist.
This will take place at 8.00pm on Friday 6th November, 2009 in the Chapel at Christ’s Hospital, Horsham
Tickets are free, but a donation to the “Chapel Fund” would be greatly appreciated. To reserve your tickets please contact
hmsec@christs-hospital.org.uk
Tel: 01403 247432 and quote “Sassoon”.
The Old Blue Sep 09 available for download
The latest edition of The Old Blue magazine is now available for download in PDF format from the Electronic ‘Old Blue’ & ‘Blue’ Magazine Archive page.
You can also download previous magazines, including the school magazine, The Blue, as well.
Summer 2009 GCSE Results - another excellent year
Christ’s Hospital, pupils recorded their best ever results at GCSE level this year with a record 95% of all entries being at A*, A or B grade and 80% of entries at A* or A grade.
The overall pass rate at A*-C was 99% which is particularly pleasing given Christ’s Hospital’s focus on the more demanding academic subjects, modern languages and science.
45 pupils from a cohort of 109 obtained all A or A* grades.
The Head Master, Mr John Franklin was delighted with these results and said,
“Our GCSE pupils have done very well this year and have given themselves an excellent academic foundation on which they can build a successful programme of study at A Level and beyond.”
“We extend our congratulations to these pupils for their excellent grades and the hard work over the past year that went into them.”
Summer 2009 A Level results
Once again this year’s A Level results were outstanding, with an overall pass rate of 100%, an A/B pass rate of just under 76% and an average UCAS points total of 314 points per pupil.
No fewer than 33 candidates, which is nearly a quarter of the group, achieved three or more A grades at A Level, while Gabriel Eve and Tim Hennock both gained five A grades at A Level and consequently, places at Cambridge. Tim, who is from Barns Green, has regularly represented the UK in international mathematics competitions and gained the rare accolade of being offered an unconditional place at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Christ’s Hospital is confident that with the majority of its pupils gaining or exceeding their predicted grades, it will continue to maintain its proud tradition of sending well over 90% of its leavers to top universities in the UK and abroad.
The Head Master, John Franklin said “These fine results are the culmination of a great deal of hard work by our pupils and their teachers. In such uncertain times, it is reassuring to know that so many of the pupils leaving Christ’s Hospital this year have secured a place at a good university.”
Read more in the News Archive....
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