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Christopher has been Head of Bassett House School since September 2024. Previously, he spent seven years as Deputy Head at Newton Prep, Battersea, one of London’s most successful co-educational schools.
Before working in schools, Chris was a professional musician. As organ scholar at King’s College London, he accompanied the choir, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4, and made professional recordings. He studied at King’s and the Royal Academy of Music. After leading a choir of primary-age children, he was inspired by their enthusiasm to retrain as a teacher through the London Diocesan Board of Education.
Christopher has over twelve years’ teaching experience. He began at Christ the Saviour, an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ primary in Ealing, teaching across Key Stages 1 and 2, before joining Newton Prep in 2017 as Director of Music and later Head of Years 7–8. He taught across every key stage, gaining 11+ and 13+ expertise, growing participation, leading high-quality performances and recordings, and building a strong team of visiting instrumental teachers.
He still performs as an organist and remains committed to children’s singing, directing a 45-strong choir drawn from local primary schools; previously he held a similar post at All Saints’, Putney Common.
Since joining Bassett House, Chris has clarified the school’s aims and values, reorganised the timetable to maximise learning, refreshed the House System to promote positive praise, enabled Nursery provision for two-year-olds, and overseen a reorganisation of classrooms to better serve pupils’ needs.
Bassett House School’s founding ambition – to enable and inspire children to be the best they can be – aligns with Christopher’s belief that disciplined, joyful work produces excellence. He strives to ensure those principles shape teaching and relationships across the Bassett House community.