Cordwalles Junior School is a 2 form entry school which promotes inclusion and mutual respect within a safe, caring and stimulating environment. We cater for children between 7 and 11 years of age and have a spacious, well resourced building and grounds. Click on the link below to see how our classrooms transform each term to enhance the topic based learning.  

Amenities include a large, well stocked library, science room, music/drama and art studios, learning support rooms and learning bays. There is a large hall with a stage, lighting and sound system. The school has a separate dining hall which also houses our popular Breakfast Club. 

Outside we have four playground areas, a large playing field with long jump and high jump pits, a sensory garden, pond/environmental area and allotment. We have lovely aerial footage of Cordwalles, Pine Ridge and Lorraine schools showing our beautiful grounds, please click here to view it. These facilities lend themselves to extensive opportunities for outdoor learning. The school has two mini buses which are regularly used for trips and sporting fixtures.

For a virtual tour of our school classrooms please click here.

GLF Schools promotes a cross-cluster collaborative approach, allowing colleagues to share expertise and experience, ensuring all children in our schools receive an excellent education and reach their potential. Through this cluster model, GLF Schools is committed to providing opportunities for professional development and career progression.

Our School sits within a newly established cluster of Primary schools, overseen by a Regional Director. Along with Cordwalles, our cluster includes the following other schools; Springfield Primary School, Hammond Junior School, Lightwater Village School, Pine Ridge Infant School, and Lorraine Infant School. 

GLF Schools is a Multi-Academy Trust established in 2012. We believe that every child in our schools can achieve the highest academic standards whilst enjoying a vibrant, challenging and rich curriculum. What we say in our motto is true: "Where Children Grow, Learn and Flourish." Whilst operating as a part of a family, each of our schools has its own distinct character and culture which is respectful of its community and context but their utmost common ground is that it is our staff that make each school. Our collective GLF culture is built upon caring for our children and students by enabling our staff to provide the best possible education with the resources at our disposal.

We have a simple mission. "To be a supportive family of schools where together we grow, learn and flourish”.

Joining GLF schools brings a wealth of opportunity both personally and professionally. Each school in our trust has its own individual identity, while benefiting from the expertise that comes from a dedicated and experienced support team. GLF Schools will recognise your skills, encourage creativity and provide opportunities for you to grow, learn and flourish. As a member of staff you can expect GLF to invest in your career progression, provide a bespoke career development plan and offer the potential to be fast tracked into leadership. GLF Schools has a generous employment offer which allows our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish.

For more information about the benefits of working for GLF, please click here to visit our GLF Careers page. 

GLF is proud to have been selected by the Department for Education as one of the country's 87 centres of excellence for teacher training and development. As a Teaching School Hub, GLF provides high-quality professional development to teachers at all stages of their careers across our 43 GLF Trust schools and 475 other schools in the local region.

As a Teaching School Hub, GLF delivers initial teacher training, early career teacher support, and training for teachers in their first two years of teaching, as well as middle and senior leader training programs, through the delivery of our suite of national professional qualifications. GLF is also the Appropriate Body for over 730 early career teachers within GLF and beyond into West Sussex, ensuring that all early career teachers are well-supported and effectively trained.

We have excellent regional partnerships that benefit all teachers, support staff, and school leaders who work for GLF or collaborate with GLF’s Teaching School Hub. Many of our past trainee teachers go on to be mentors and leaders who come back and facilitate through GLF’s Teaching School Hub.

GLF Teaching Schools Hub seeks to train, develop, and grow ambitious teachers who grow into outstanding leaders.

GLF is exceptionally proud of GLF Schools Teacher Training, where our initial teacher training program integrates seamlessly with GLF’s Teaching School Hub programs to support all teachers on their journey to excellence.

 Working with Inspiring Future Teachers, GLF’s Initial Teacher Training Hub offers fee-paying and employment-based routes with PGCE for teacher training in primary and secondary schools. Our training programs are led by excellent, experienced, practicing facilitators who care for and develop our passionate trainees into the teaching profession. Our wide range of support and partnerships means we offer outstanding retention and employment rates for our trainee teachers.

Train, learn, and grow with GLF TSH

Find out more about GLF Teaching School Hub HERE

Our school is located in Camberley, which has a good mix of accommodation, independent shops and high street names as well as a purpose built, modern entertainment complex “The Atrium”, featuring a wide selection of restaurants, a children’s indoor pay area, cinema and bowling. Both The Mall Camberley and The Atrium shopping centre have experienced a flurry of new tenants since the start of 2014, which are a welcome addition to the already vibrant town centre. The surrounding villages have an incredible history starting in the neo-lithic period, moving through to a Royal hunting ground at Bagshot Park in the 14th century and notorious highway men in the 17 and 18th centuries.  The military arrived in 1853 and the National Rifle Association came to Bisley in 1890. 

There are 2 museums with free entry:  the Royal Logistical Corps Museum at Deepcut Barracks, and the Surrey Heath Museum in Camberley where the heathland story is a permanent display.  The Surrey Heath Archaeology Centre at Bagshot houses many exciting finds and gives regular talks by resident and visiting experts.

Frimley Lodge Park is a multi-award winning “Green Flag” park and includes access to the Canal, a miniature railway, pitch and putt, “Flourish” community garden, BBQ hire, play areas and sports pitches.  Health and fitness opportunities are numerous including two purpose built leisure centres (the Arena and Lightwater), private gyms, numerous golf courses (including Camberley Heath, Pine Ridge and Windlesham) and water sports on Mytchett Lake. 

 

Camberley railway station is situated south of the town centre on the Ascot to Guildford line. It is connected to Guildford, Aldershot and Ascot by South West Trains with two trains per hour in either direction. Nearby Blackwater station (situated perpendicular to the A30 on the border of Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire) on the North Downs Line is operated by First Great Western, with trains running to Reading, Guildford, Redhill and Gatwick Airport.

 

Several bus companies operate routes through Camberley including: First Berkshire & The Thames Valley to Bracknell; Arriva Guildford & West Surrey to Guildford via Woking; Stagecoach South to Aldershot, Basingstoke and Farnborough; and Dicksons Travel to Staines and Woking