Chilton Saint James School
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. Chilton St James has a roll of 262 students from Years 1 to 13 (ages 5 to 18) as of February 2024. The school also has a co-educational preschool for boys and girls from the age of 2.
| Chilton Saint James School | |
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| Address | |
124 Waterloo Road Hutt Central Lower Hutt 5010 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 41.2104°S 174.9137°E |
| Information | |
| Funding type | Private |
| Established | 1918 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 263 |
| Principal | Caroline Robertson |
| Years offered | Preschool, Years 1–13 |
| Gender | Female (Male students may be enrolled through the music or dance school) |
| School roll | 262 (February 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 10 |
| Website | www |
In 2018 Chilton introduced the Cambridge curriculum. Alongside this change they opened the Chilton Ballet Academy (CBA), a co-ed dance training school that prepares young dancers to break into the industry. In 2020, the school also opened the Co-ed Chilton Music School (CMS) as a musical program to help prepare 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.