Joining Soon
As a thriving multi-academy trust with a proven track record for transformation and improvement, we are on a growth journey.
We are approaching this by developing specific hubs of schools. This will help ensure a mixed economy of provision across the region, ensuring more children and young people have access to high quality education.
With our network currently comprising thirteen mainstream, special and alternative provision schools across Bromley, Bexley, Lambeth and Surrey.
Grafham Grange
Grafham Grange is a specialist Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) school located in Bramley, Surrey. It provides education for up to 70 11–16-year-olds, with every pupil having an EHCP.
Following an inadequate grading from Ofsted, the school has been issued with an Academy Order by the Department for Education. This requires the school to be transferred into another Trust – and London South East Academies Trust has been identified as the preferred choice by the DfE.
With our excellent track record for school improvement and significant SEND expertise, we are now working closely with Grafham Grange, Surrey County Council, the DfE and the existing Trust (Orchard Hill College Academy Trust) to progress this transfer.
Grafham Grange will join Bramley Oak Academy in our Trust’s growing ‘Surrey Hub’ of special schools. A specialist SEMH provision for 5–11-year-old boys, Bramley Oak is a feeder school for Grafham Grange and has been on its own significant and rapid journey of improvement.
Formerly the failing Wey House School, it was renamed Bramley Oak when it joined our Trust in April 2020. Ofsted judged the school as Good in October 2023, noting that it now ‘transforms lives and gives renewed hope’.
As a Trust, we look forward to supporting staff at Grafham Grange on a similar journey – with the aim of ensuring that every pupil has access to the high-quality education and care they deserve and are entitled to.
This new free school will offer much-needed specialist SEMH provision to address rapidly growing demand in Surrey. It will also create progression routes from our primary SEMH provision, Bramley Oak Academy, located in Guildford.
Frimley Oak Academy
It was announced in March 2024 that our Trust has been chosen by the DfE to lead the development of a new SEMH (Social, Emotional, and Mental Health) free school for 11–18-year-olds, in Frimley, Surrey.
This new free school will offer much-needed specialist SEMH provision to address rapidly growing demand in Surrey. It will also create progression routes from our primary SEMH provision, Bramley Oak Academy, located in Guildford.
We look forward to working with the DfE, Surrey County Council and other stakeholders in the coming months to progress the development of our new school. We expect the school to open to pupils in 2027.
To find out more about this transfer click here.
Joining Soon
As a thriving multi-academy trust with a proven track record for transformation and improvement, we are on a growth journey.
We are approaching this by developing specific school hubs. This will help ensure a mixed economy of provision across the region, ensuring more children and young people have access to high-quality education.
Our network currently comprises thirteen mainstream, special and alternative provision schools across Bromley, Bexley, Lambeth and Surrey.
East Sussex Academy
East Sussex Academy will be a new Alternative Provision in the region, supporting children and young people who have been excluded from mainstream education.
The existing provider, College Central, will transfer to London South East Academies Trust later this year. To ensure a smooth transition, we are working closely with East Sussex County Council and the current Trust, SABDEN Multi Academy Trust.
We aim to ensure that every child and young person gets the support and education they need to progress successfully and reach their potential. This will include relocating the school to improved, purposeful buildings within the area, which are better suited to the needs of pupils.
To support us with this transformation, we are currently seeking exceptional and ambitious teaching and support staff who want to take on a challenge. If you are an ambitious, aspirational teaching professional and want to be part of an exciting journey of change and improvement, see the opportunities on offer here.
