SCHOOL MOTTO: St Christopher's school motto is AD GLORIAM DEI (to the glory of God). It has its own special chaplaincy team, made up of clergy from local churches.

Year group and form communions are a regular feature of school life. Many of these take place in the recently dedicated school chapel, which is available for staff and pupils to use at any time.

ABOUT THE PUPILS: The school currently has 940 pupils drawn from several areas, including Accrington, Church, Oswaldtwistle, Clayton-le-Moors, Baxenden, Burnley, Knuzden and many more.

HISTORY LESSON: The school was officially opened in 1958, designed to cater for 450 pupils. The founders were a group of dedicated church members and their contribution to our school is celebrated annually at a Founders' Day Service.

Recently the building has increased in size with the addition of two new laboratories, two classrooms, a chapel and several offices. Later this year work will begin on a new sports hall and an exciting £2million project to extend and improve the facilities at St Christopher's.

SOMETHING TO BRAG ABOUT: We are consistently at the top of local school league tables and are proud of the achievements of our present and past pupils. Two years ago Julie Addison received an award for gaining the highest mark at GCSE maths while Ben Libberton, last year's Head Boy, won an award for gaining one of the top five marks in electronics GCSE in the country.

OUT AND ABOUT: St Christopher's has a lively extra-curricular dimension. The music department has recently completed successful tours to Paris, Italy and Spain and regularly competes at Llangollen International Eisteddfod and in the Sainsbury Choir of the Year competition.

Our Young Enterprise company, Bits and Bolts, recently won the prize for best business plan and several of our pupils have represented the county in various sports competitions. The current goalkeeper for the England ladies' football team, Rachel Brown, is an ex-pupils of ours.

The school has a long-running exchange visit with two schools in the Ardennes, France and annual visits are also arranged to Germany and for skiing in Italy.

The school newspaper, written and produced by the pupils, holds a weekly meeting for any pupil interested in taking part.

There is a School Council, which meets on a regular basis. Pupils set the agenda for this meeting and are given the opportunity to quiz the headmaster and a deputy head on issues that concern them.

We have a school nurse who holds weekly drop-in sessions for pupils.

WHAT ABOUT THE PARENTS: Parental and governor support is particularly strong at St Christopher's. Many governors spend days in school as 'governor of the month' when they follow pupils into various lessons and meet them at break and lunchtime.

The Friends of St Christopher's are constantly raising money for the school. It was their effort which paid for the school minibus and they have funded many projects in school.

Parents have been very generous in their support for the school appeal fund. All parents are invited into school for regular parents' evenings and the school operates an open door policy for parents to discuss any concerns they may have.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A £100,000 WINDFALL?: The school already has ambitious plans to expand and develop facilities and is looking forward to providing a performing arts centre, new library and a bookable ICT room.