“When I decided to send my son to a Christian School I thought I’d just be helping him to focus better on his studies and therefore get a better education. I didn’t realise I’d also benefit from my interactions with the staff from a Christian school.

The teachers at the school loved their Christian values & faith, and lived vastly different lives from mine, which at first I found difficult but interesting. Their caring influence had a calming effect on the children and on me too, which I enjoyed. I soon realised the school needed assistance but had no funds to pay a school aid, so I offered my assistance, because I wanted to spend more time interacting with these different people in an uplifting atmosphere.

The more I helped out, the more I grew as a person. I loved working at the school & my children benefited greatly from the changes that occurred in my life as a result of feeling valued and appreciated by people who were reliable, consistent, caring, encouraging & lived all aspects of their Christian faith.

Until that point, I’d only experienced abusive relationships & life situations which I didn’t know how to get away from or how to do anything differently. The staff at the Christian school taught me what it meant to be safe & I become a more caring person. They showed me another way of living and helped me to change my life as well as the lives of my children for the better.

I never looked back & my children’s lives also improved exponentially. I thought I was paying for a better education for my children, what they got was a better, more supportive parent & a better life, as well as a great education. I will always be grateful for sending my children to a Christian school where staff actively lived their faith.

I can’t imagine where we would be today without those positive influences. All we had known until that point was abuse, Christian staff and teaching changed that & gave us a new start in life.

Please do not take the Christian staff or the Christian faith out of Christian schools. We send our children there because of the alternatives they offer. Parents should have the right to choose what’s best for their children. One size does not fit all with education.”