Towards the 175th
anniversary and beyond – Board Chair Hugh Lindo
A t the time of writing this article, there have been three notable and recent events in the life of Christ’s College. On 24 July 2024, the Abuse in Care – Royal Commission of Inquiry’s report was released. More will be written about the Royal Commission’s work, and its influence on Christ’s College’s acknowledgement and apology to Old Boy survivors of abuse, in a book being written for our 175th anniversary in 2025. Our work with our Old Boy community in relation to historical abuse will continue and will not end just because the report has been released. We will continue to recognise all our Old Boy survivors, both heard and unheard. On 5 July 2024, Garth Wynne attended his final engagement as our Executive Principal. It was both meaningful and fitting that
his last function was with our parent community. In his time, Garth reformed the College by introducing a multitude of programmes, all with the objective of improving the experience of our students. Our value proposition has been driven by the diversity and innovation of our offering and this has consistently resonated with our students, parents, and caregivers and is reflected in the high enrolment demand. Garth has left an incredible legacy as we now look to reset our strategy from 2025 to 2030. On 6 July 2024, Gillian Simpson assumed her role as the first female Acting Executive Principal of Christ’s College to cover the period over Term 3 until Joe Eccleton took up the role at the beginning of Term 4. Gillian’s mihi whakatau on Monday 22 July was incredibly moving.
With a long and successful career in education, not least as Executive Principal of our sister school, St Margaret’s College, Gillian provided continuity and leadership as we looked forward to welcoming Joe Eccleton. When I re-read the equivalent article from last year, headed ‘A view from 2025’, I can report that we have continued to make progress on executing the strategic enablers that have driven our Change & Continuity Strategy 2025. In August 2024, the Board started the pre- planning for the next iteration of our strategic plan that we intend to set for a five-year period to 2030. This plan will be refined and finalised in 2025. At this point, we see that some of the key themes to 2030 will reflect aspects of the current strategic plan, but with a renewed and
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