Cornfield School

The school is a large bungalow in a quiet residential area of Redhill. It was first opened as a small independent school in 2003. The school is registered and approved to take up to 19 (age 12 -18) students with emotional and behavioural difficulties, and with or without statements of educational need. However, many of our students are gifted and talented with academic aspirations, and
wanting to make up for interrupted schooling.

Although our core business has been with vulnerable looked-after young women who live in one of Cornerways’ four residential homes, we are becoming the first choice for parents of locally excluded or vulnerable students for the following reasons:

We teach our students that there is no stigma here attached either to being "in care", or where things may not have worked out in mainstream school. Our school image, uniform, routines, curriculum, behaviour expectations and values are those of an independent/ private school: parents and students like that there is no stigma on school records for college applications or employment of having
attended a PRU (pupil referral unit).
We deliver genuine full time education and expect students to stay until the end of year 11 and to take public examinations. Students want to attend, behave well towards each other, and thrive in a very small, nurturing community of learning.

The Headteacher, Jayne Telfer, holds the National Qualification for Headship. There is a highly committed and qualified team of staff. The school received a very positive pre-Ofsted inspection report in November 2005 saying that everything about the school was good, particularly the teaching and learning, behaviour, curriculum, quality of care given and the leadership and management. Cornfield School is also the first independent school to achieve the Healthy Schools award in Surrey.