Corbets Tey School
Foundation special school in Upminster (Havering).
Location
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Open Easy Read Page Main Site in Upminster (for students aged 4 to 16) Button Post 16 Site in Rainham (for students aged 16 to 19) Button Corbets Tey School is a school for students with Complex Learning Needs The school is a state maintained, foundation special school situated in Upminster, Essex in the south east of the London Borough of Havering.
Up to 155 children and young people attend the school aged 4 to 19, all with Education, Health and Care Plans detailing educational needs including communication and interaction difficulties, Autism and medical syndromes and physical and sensory needs.
There are two sites with Pre-16 students at the main site in Upminster and Post 16 students at the CTS @ The Avelon provision in Rainham. The school was awarded Specialist Status in Communication and Interaction in 2007, successfully re-designating in 2010. An internal specialist department was established alongside individual language and communication programmes.
The school continues to support behaviour, assessment and language and communication development work in other schools within Havering.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
Key facts
- URN
- 102362
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Havering
- Constituency
- Hornchurch and Upminster
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (11 current, 1 former)
Special schools governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Julia Lamb | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Katy Hatch | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Jemma Amelia Taylor | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Janet A James | Governance Professional - Local Authority Maintained SchoolGovernance professional | since 2024 | |
| Mr Ian Rusha | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Jeff Stafford | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Dr John Francis Price | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Miss Nicky Sargent | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Paul Gerard Knight | Governor | Appointed by LA | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Emma Allen | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Philip Brimson | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2018 · until 2030 |
| Ms Laura MacBeth Former | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
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