This research is a single case study based on one successful Australian Christian school, Sandford Christian College. The research objectives were, firstly to quantify the degree of success of Sandford Christian College’s education by applying the School Development Review methodology of the Office of Review of the Victorian Department of Education. Secondly, to describe an exemplary Christian school and finally, to describe the impact of Sandford Christian College on the lives of the students. The significance of the research was to understand the central meaning and essence of one school community in the context of these three research objectives. (For complete abstract open document)