Therfield School
Therfield School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. Therfield School sixth form teaches courses of further education for students between the ages of 16 and 18 and has an arrangement of reciprocated entry criteria with three others in the county: The Ashcombe School, Warlingham School and Oxted School.
History
The school - then known as County Upper Mixed Senior School was founded in 1913 on a site in Kingston Road, under the headship of Mr Burgess. In 1926, the Senior School took over the neighbouring site of the former County Infants' School in addition to its own as a result of expanding pupil numbers.The school was converted into a secondary school under the name Leatherhead County Secondary School in 1945 as a result of the 1944 Butler Education Act.
In 1953, the school began to move to its new site at Dilston Road, although pupils were taught at both sites and at the United Dairies Depot until 1976, when the school was renamed Therfield School after Brian de Therfield, who was granted the land the school currently stands on as part of the Manor of Pachesam by King John in 1205.
Funding
A non-fee paying school, Therfield School's funding was received predominantly via pro rata Surrey County Council annual allocation. Funding since 1981 has been enhanced by donations such as through its Charities Commission-registered Therfield School Trust Fund and successful registration or selection for pupil premiums and grants restricted to central and local government-funded schools.| Type of funding | Therfield School | Surrey median | National median |
| Government grant funding per pupil | £6,034 | £5,192 | £5,720 |
| Self-generated income per pupil | £132 | £193 | £141 |
In January 2017 the school converted to academy status, meaning that state-funding of the school comes directly from the Department for Education rather than the council.
Free school meals eligibility: 7%.
Attributes
Therfield was a Specialist Sports College September 2005 — February 2008, achieving in its view its aim "to use sport as a tool to raise the whole school attainment through the focus on pupil and staff leadership skills, for Therfield to become a centre of excellence for sport" and thereafter broadening its focus.In the house system, each of the four houses which compete in sport and other activities may constitute a single tutor group form in a given year or may be split into two. The resultant tutor forms provide a pastoral, advice point across all activities.
The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium funding is below average. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs who are supported at school action is above the national average. The proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is below the national average.
The school makes arrangements for a small number of pupils in Year 10 and 11 to access alternative provision or work-related courses through ‘The Link’, a school-funded facility
accommodated off site.
Facilities
The main facilities which are in time slots available for out-of-hours hire are:- Astroturf - Hockey and Football
- Main Hall
- Dining Hall
- Sports Hall
- Sports Gym
- Tennis Courts
- Classrooms
- ICT Suites
- Library
- Cookery Classrooms