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As Head of Art and Design at Chenderit School for 34 years, John's inspirational, nurturing teaching style has had profound effects on students and the school's success generally. Surrounded by the extraordinary display of art and design work by alumni of the School, John will share his passion, his philosophy of a broad education and snippets to illustrate his career.
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Our artist in residence programme finishes this year, when John Childs retires and becomes the very last one. John started at Chenderit with the purpose of creating an outstanding department, based on the belief that an arts education was an essential element of every child's education and that every child could achieve a GCSE pass. His own training was as a painter, a ceramicist and textile printmaker.
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