Chris Andrew – Founder and Director 

PROJECT TOUCHLINE

Project Touchline is an innovative program that seamlessly blends Christian values with physical education (PE), creative arts, and spiritual, moral, social, and cultural (SMSC) development, aligning with England’s National Curriculum, the broad curriculum requirements of Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs), and Wales’ New Curriculum Framework. Through inclusive PE lessons featuring sports like rugby and cricket, creative projects such as pupil artwork, and faith-based activities like prayer clubs, it promotes physical competence, character development, and spiritual reflection for pupils in Foundation and Key Stages 1–3. Adaptable and inclusive, it meets statutory SMSC and RE requirements, supports learners with SEND, and enhances teacher expertise through modeling and resources. Since 2018, Project Touchline has partnered with over 130 schools across 19 Church dioceses in England and Wales, delivering a scalable, impactful approach that strengthens school ethos, aligns with Ofsted and Estyn standards, and equips pupils for life in modern Britain.

CHRIS ANDREW

Chris Andrew is director of Project Touchline which he founded in 2016. Chris has over twenty years experience in primary and secondary education and holds UKCC Level 2 coaching qualifications in Rugby Union and Cricket. He has significant experience in sports education working at the Bath Rugby Education Centre between 2005 and 2011 which was an award winning centre and was part of the high profile UK Government’s “Playing for Success” programme, focused on educational study support through sport. In 2011, Chris founded Roaring Rugby Ltd, which specialised in rugby coaching, working with five hundred parents, thirty primary schools, and thirteen rugby clubs and employing over twenty-five staff. In 2016, Chris was admitted as a Reader/Licensed Lay Minister in the Diocese of Gloucester and Church of England. In 2019, he was commissioned as an Archbishops’ Evangelist at Lambeth Palace, London. Between 2022-24, Chris accompanied the Archbishop of Canterbury on three diocesan missions across Cornwall, Dorset and Gloucestershire working alongside Project Touchline.