Therfield School

Therfield School is an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school situated in Leatherhead. The school currently has nearly 1100 students on roll and has been growing quickly in the last few years. Our sixth form is also growing and our students have a strong track record of securing places at Oxbridge and Russell Group Universities

Headteacher

James Malley

Values and vision

We are ambitious for our students. That includes securing excellent academic outcomes, but also involves delivering on the commitment of our motto, “Excellence, Leadership, Opportunity”. To us, that means we have a duty to ensure that students leave us fully equipped to make a significant contribution to society and the wider world around them. That means our extracurricular opportunities are vital to our students’ development.

There is a strong sense of collegiality amongst staff and a team ethos that new colleagues really appreciate and, we believe, is unrivalled in most schools. The continuing professional development programme is strong and this is showcased through a hugely successful “TeachMeet” each year, where colleagues across Surrey come together to share the very best pedagogical ideas and techniques. The welfare of our staff, and the demands of their workload, are very important to us and there is a strong staff association who provide a range of events for all colleagues.

As well as running a variety of academic, sports, music and drama clubs, we are a lead participator in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. We also believe passionately in offering excellent residential trips including visits to Washington DC and New York, Iceland and a ski trip to Austria just some of the opportunities available to our students and staff.

We are part of a small multi academy trust (The South East Surrey Schools Education Trust) with two other Surrey secondary schools. This gives us strong opportunities for partnership work building on our inclusive values. We also benefit from close links with our feeder schools and other partner schools locally. We are committed to improving staff wellbeing and are signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter. We have a modern and fully equipped gym that is available for staff to use and have recently begun to offer staff circuit training sessions once a week.

Ofsted report

“The school has high expectations.  Pupils benefit from a well-planned and ambitious curriculum.  Staff build positive, warm and respectful relationships with pupils.  The school is caring and nurturing.  Pupils feel happy and safe” Ofsted 2024