Therfield School is a mixed comprehensive school for students aged 11–18 in Leatherhead

Leatherhead

Leatherhead is a town in the County of Surrey, England, on the River Mole, part of Mole Valley district. It is thought to be of Saxon origin...

, Surrey

Surrey

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, England

England

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House system

Therfield provides a pastoral support system. The house structure enables Therfield to promote the school ethos and encourage pride and ownership across the community.

Students are actively involved in house projects developing their leadership (in which they can gain a recognised qualification), teamwork, problem solving and communication skills.

Students are encouraged to become house mentors, supporting their peers and assisting younger students.

Therfield organises every Key Stage

Key Stage

A Key Stage is a stage of the state education system in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the British Territory of Gibraltar setting the educational knowledge expected of students at various ages...

 into houses, each consisting of 10 tutor groups, two from each school year. The four houses are Leith, Juniper, Norbury and Polesden.

Sports College

Therfield became a Specialist Sports College in September 2005 and was re-designated in February 2008. This specialist programme aims to use sport as a tool to raise the whole school attainment through the focus on student and staff leadership skills, for Therfield to become a centre of excellence for sport.

Ofsted

The most recent OfSTED inspection (autumn 2010) gave the school an overall Grade 3 (Satisfactory), on a four-point scale (Outstanding/Good/Satisfactory/Inadequate), a grade lower than its previous report in 2007.

School Partnerships

Country	School Name	Partner since	Comments
Germany	Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium Bergisch Gladbach The Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium is a public high school in the German city Bergisch Gladbach. The school is named after the German church law academic, philosopher, bishop and cardinal Nicholas of Cusa....  Bergisch Gladbach Bergisch Gladbach ' is a city in the Cologne/Bonn Region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and capital of the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis .-Geography:Bergisch Gladbach is located east of the river Rhine, approx...

External links

• Secondary schools in Surrey: GCSE-level, BBC, 10 January 2008