de Stafford School

de Stafford School is a mixed secondary school located close to the geographic centre of the lightly dispersed town of Caterham in Surrey, England. The school educates students aged 11 to 16.OrganisationIt is a comprehensive school which gained foundation school status owing to its being an information and communications technology and mathematics centre of excellence. It is close to the centre of the scattered town of Caterham which borders on two sides the southwestern part of the London Borough of Croydon.The school employs more than 100 teaching and facilities/administration support staff, which with its facilities enable an average present intake of 180 students each year. Acting as a preliminary to more advanced, applied or theoretical studies at further education colleges, the nearest such state-supported institutions are in Purley, Croydon and in Redhill. The school also annually helps students in their final year to become apprenticed to a skilled trade or profession.The school also has access to a large sports centre (shared with Tandrige Trust) complete with a 25m swimming pool and a fully air-conditioned sports hall, which is used for PE lessons.