Parents Association

Our parents' association is known as CHAPs (Christopher Hatton Association of Parents), which is also a registered charity, CHAPerones – charity no. 1123189. All parents of children at Christopher Hatton are automatically members of CHAPs, there is no need to "join", everyone can help out at events and fundraisers such as the summer fair and school discos (every little bit of time can make a big difference).

CHAPs has raised tens of thousands of pounds for school projects over the years: the transformation of an old carpark into a lovely new playground, the rooftop learning zone for the children in the Early Years, annual trips to the pantomime and music for International Evening. CHAPS fundraising helps the school to keep providing the wonderful enrichment activities that make it a unique school.  

In the run up to main events CHAPs meets at Coffee Morning held on Fridays from 9.00 to 10.00 in the Lower Hall. These will be advertised via Parenthub closer to the time. This is also a good chance to get to know other parents.

For more details speak to Clare the headteacher or email at chapspta@gmail.com 

Upcoming events

Our annual summer fair will be held on Friday 19th June 2026. We hope to see you there.

Recent events

We held our annual summer fair in June 2025 and raised over £2000 through the sales of raffle tickets and food and drink stalls on the day.

Use of funds

CHAPs funding decisions are based on ensuring that funds used benefit as large a number of children as possible and are not a substitute for statutory funding. They are used to enrich the curriculum. Details of exact figures and funding requests from school are reported by the headteacher in her report for the trustees.