Cobham Free School A GSG School
- Cobham Free School
Portsmouth Road
Cobham
Surrey
KT11 1TF - Head: Mrs Michaela Khatib
- T 0330 330 0237
- F 0330 330 1237
- E admissions@cobhamfreeschool.org.uk
- W www.cobhamfreeschool.org.uk
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 4 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Surrey
- Pupils: 629; sixth formers: 109
- Religion: Does not apply
- Open days: See website for details
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Good 1
- Early years provision Good 2
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 2
- 1 Short inspection 11th May 2023
- 2 Full inspection 13th September 2017
Short inspection reports only give an overall grade; you have to read the report itself to gauge whether the detailed grading from the earlier full inspection still stands.
- Previous Ofsted grade: Good on 14th May 2014
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
‘We aim to give children who can’t access the independent sector the closest thing to it,’ said the head. Believing that what goes on outside the classroom impacts positively inside the classroom, she has created a place where parents say academic excellence goes hand in hand with personal development. Parents enthuse about the school’s nurturing environment and commitment to their children. The pupils we met were a delight – chatty, well behaved and proud of their school. ‘The type you want to come over to your house,’ as a parent put it. We were also struck by…
What the school says...
Cobham Free School is a state funded independent school in central Cobham, Surrey for pupils from aged 4 to 18. The junior department (reception to year 6) opened in 2012 and the senior in 2014. The sixth form opened in 2019. Taking best practice from the state and private sector, the school has a knowledge-rich, culture-rich curriculum, with a traditional, academic focus delivered alongside a high quality enrichment programme. Music and sports are a central part of the offer and senior students are able to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. ...Read more
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2012, Michaela Khatib BEd (Cantab) MA NPQEL. Grew up in Devon, where she attended a girls’ independent school before studying music and education at Homerton College, Cambridge. Was director of music at London boys’ prep school before settling in leafy Cobham and working as outreach and partnerships manager at Yehudi Menuhin School.
Keen to marry up best practice from the state and independent sectors, she was a founder proposer of a new primary school as part of the government's free school programme. Appointed founding headteacher of Cobham Free School in 2012, which has since grown into an all-through school. Believing that what goes on outside the classroom impacts positively inside the classroom, she has created a place where parents say academic excellence goes hand-in-hand with personal development.
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Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas's Battersea | 2024 | 1 |
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