Welcome to the Freemantles School website
Thank you for visiting our school website. We hope you can easily find the information you need.
We are extremely proud of Freemantles and the work we do. Our most recent OFSTED inspection in November 2023 confirmed our Outstanding rating in all areas.
Freemantles is a Surrey County Council maintained school for autistic children and young people. Over many years we have developed strong expertise and a respected specialism in autism education.
Our school supports pupils aged 4–19 and has a wide catchment area across Surrey, particularly in the West. We opened our Mayford site in 2007 with space for one class per year group, up to nine pupils per class.
Since 2017, Freemantles has been expanding. From September 2025, we have had two classes in every year group from Reception to Year 12, with 250 pupils at the Mayford site. Working closely with Surrey County Council, we have become a full two form entry school, supported by the opening of our new Secondary and FE building in November 2023. This building includes excellent facilities to enhance learning for our older pupils.
In January 2024, we opened a temporary three year Satellite site in Ripley for infant cohorts. It began with 18 children, growing to 36 in September 2024 and to 45 in September 2025. Across all sites, we are supporting 306 pupils in 2025-26. We ensured the Ripley site met the same high standards as Mayford through significant refurbishment, and children regularly access facilities at the main site.
We further enhanced our Primary facilities at Mayford during Summer 2025. Throughout all expansion, our priority remains to deliver an excellent and consistent quality of education. Adequate outdoor space and emotional wellbeing spaces are essential to maintaining our mission for pupils and staff.
As we grow, we are committed to supporting families and building strong relationships between staff and parents. Our leadership structure includes an Executive Headteacher overseeing both schools and strategic development, a Head of Schools, two Deputies, and Assistant Headteachers based in Secondary & FE, Ripley, and Primary. This ensures senior leaders know each child well and can work closely with families.
Freemantles has long been committed to supporting autistic pupils across Surrey. Our well established community role includes outreach, training, and High COIN Centre support. The success of Autism Outreach over the past decade has led Surrey to expand and commission the Surrey Autism Outreach for Schools service from Freemantles. We lead the service, working with Woodlands and Limpsfield Grange, with referrals made by schools.
Surrey also commissions us to deliver:
- STEPS – a package of support for Early years settings
- Supporting Inclusion for Autism (SIFA) an intensive programme of Outreach support for situations where this is needed
- High COIN Centre Support – helping new centres to set up and run effectively
- Coordination and quality assurance of Parent training: Cygnet, EarlyBird and TeenLife
Details of these services are available here: https://www.autismoutreachforschools.uk
We also offer a wide range of training for parents and professionals to deepen understanding of the challenges autistic individuals face and how best to support their personal and academic growth.
We hope this introduction has been helpful. More information about our work can be found through the links above. Please get in touch if you have any feedback about the website—we greatly value your views and opinions.
Justin Price
Executive Headteacher
