Community Action Service

This year we finally got the wheelbarrows rolling and the students shovelling, after a two-year long wait. Churcher’s College teamed up with the resident association of Merritt’s Meadow to create a nature reserve in the heart of Petersfield, next to the cemetery. The project involved creating a path of about 185 yards, which will steer local walkers away from the centre of the area giving nature space to breathe. The project was carried out by our Third Year and Lower Sixth students and is scheduled to last two years. On the final day of path building, the students were addressed by Mayor Peter Clist, who also cut the ribbon to open the path. Once again, our work could not have been carried out without the help and guidance of David Burstall and his band of local volunteers.

Tony Ostersen

The Goodfield Centre & Music Auditorium

2022 began with the opening of the latest addition to the College grounds, The Goodfield Centre & Music Auditorium, our new home for Design and Technology, Music, Maths, and Classics.

This exciting new addition to the school has added 2,500m² across two storeys, incorporating a 250-seater auditorium, 11 classrooms, 15 music instrumental lesson/practice rooms, Design and Technology workshops, design studios, and orchestral rehearsal rooms.

Over the course of it’s inaugural year, it has played host to countless rehearsals, concerts, meetings, and lectures and has become an invaluable space for our largest ever number of pupils and staff.