Projects we are currently fundraising for:

Virtual reality headsets for Humanities

Continuing our subscription to The Day (online newspaper)

Fundraising Update

Many thanks to everyone who has supported the school this year with donations or funding.

The cost-of-living crisis has seriously impacted our already under-funded budget, especially through the colder months when our energy bills went through the roof.

As a Surrey County Council maintained school our funds do not stretch to non-curricular projects which is why we – staff and students – are always so grateful for any support we receive.

The new Art Room, funded by the Combe Bank Education Trust, has been a huge asses to the school and continues to provide our students with a bright, stimulating creative space for their studies as well as a Tutor Room.  Miss Grant, our Art Teacher, has spent a lot of time and effort improving the garden area around the building and the outdoor furniture (provided by the Ladies’ Captains Charity at Limpsfield Chart Golf Club) gives the students the opportunity to study outside.

Our reading intervention programme (introduced last Autumn) continues to be in place, producing encouraging results with thanks to funding from the Link Porter Trust who really stepped in generously when we needed funds for a new library of books to support the programme.

A big thank you also to Paul May who successfully pitched funds for the Grange at a local business dinner.  We now have access to The Day, an online newspaper specifically for young people and now an asset to the whole school community.

We are delighted to report that we now have Equivalency Determination Certification through NGOsource which means we can apply for and accept international funding.  This is a really exciting development for the school and we are extremely grateful to the Hillman Fisher Foundation for enabling the process for us.

Due to a recent donation we have been able to purchase a newer, ULEZ compliant 17 seater minibus and have installed new Smartboards in two of our classrooms to aid teaching and learning.

Thank you to Morrisons, Oxted who are donating unsaleable plants to us, the students are really enjoying bringing them back to life and they are really brightening up our outside spaces.

Thank you also to everyone who has donated goods to the school – in particular to Gillian Martin from Howden Speciality who has supplied the school with book bags, water bottles and an iPad when her business contacts have been going through re-branding exercises and thank you also to Manoj Patel of Oxted Colour Printers who recently generously donated supplies of stationery.