Howard Of Effingham School

What Howard Of Effingham School does

Howard of Effingham School is a state-funded secondary school located on Lower Road in Effingham, Surrey (KT24 5JR), serving students in Years 7 through 13. The school operates as part of The Howard Partnership Trust, an exempt charitable trust registered in England and Wales (Company Number 07597068) that runs a family of 13 schools across the South East of England including Primary, Secondary, and Special Schools. Its core offering comprises a Key Stage 3 and 4 curriculum leading to GCSE examinations, a separate Sixth Form provision for A-Level study, enrichment programmes (STEAM, Personal Development, Careers education, and the structured Howard Journey pathway), and pastoral care covering mental health, wellbeing, and safeguarding. The institution is not a commercial enterprise: it is funded primarily through government sources (Local Authority and Secretary of State for Education), with supplementary income from community facility hire and charitable donations such as those from the Humphrey Richardson Taylor Trust.

Beyond academic delivery, the school operates the Effingham Community Sports Centre — a sports hall, fitness suite, and outdoor courts complex part-funded by Sport England and opened in 1997 in the presence of Sebastian Coe OBE — which is available for hire to community groups during term time and school holidays. The school participates in multiple cross-school collaborative networks including the Effingham Learning Partnership (11 local schools), the West Surrey Partnership (est. 2022), the Guildford 11-18 Partnership (12 establishments), SAfE (Schools Alliance for Excellence), the i2i Teaching Partnership (SCITT teacher training), and Inspiring Future Teachers. These alliances support CPD, vulnerable-learner provision, and teacher pipeline development.

The school's technology profile is conventional for a UK state secondary: a public website (thehoward.org), a Twitter/X feed (@Howard_news) for news updates, a Ship's Log parent bulletin system, the SIMS Parent & Carer App, SCOPay for online payments, and SharePoint-based staff and student portals. No proprietary technology, public APIs, AI-powered product features, or commercial integrations are documented. There are no disclosed funding rounds, acquisitions, subsidiaries, or parent-company relationships beyond the trust structure.

Name

Howard Of Effingham School

Legal name

The Howard Partnership Trust

Website

https://thehoward.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Howard of Effingham School is a state-funded UK secondary school serving Years 7-13 in Effingham, Surrey, operating under The Howard Partnership Trust (13 schools). It delivers GCSE/A-Level curriculum, pastoral care, enrichment, and a community sports centre.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Sports and Recreation Instruction (611620)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Instructional Delivery & Pedagogy (School-Led) (EDAJAFAB)

Keywords

• Secondary education services
• Sixth form education
• GCSE examination preparation
• A-level courses
• School sports facilities

Headquarters

HQ city

Effingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Howard of Effingham School provides state-funded secondary education for students in Years 7-11, including GCSE preparation, and Sixth Form post-16 education covering A-Levels and advanced courses. The school also runs STEAM, Personal Development, and the Howard Journey programmes, and operates the Effingham Community Sports Centre for community hire.

Product overview

Howard of Effingham School is a secondary school offering Years 7-11 curriculum and Sixth Form education, forming part of The Howard Partnership Trust (13 schools in the South East of England). The school provides comprehensive educational programs including core curriculum, GCSE options, STEAM, Personal Development, and the Howard Journey pathway. It operates the Effingham Community Sports Centre for community hire, and participates in the Effingham Learning Partnership and West Surrey Partnership collaborative networks. The institution does not operate as a technology product company and has no documented public API or AI-powered product features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Secondary School Curriculum (Years 7-11) Comprehensive secondary school curriculum covering core subjects, GCSE options, pastoral care, mental health and wellbeing support, and personal development programmes for students in Years 7-11.
• Sixth Form (Post-16 Education) Post-16 education provision offering A Level and other advanced courses, with dedicated sixth form facilities and life programmes preparing students for higher education and careers.
• Effingham Community Sports Centre Community sports facility located on the school site offering indoor and outdoor sports facilities including a large sports hall, small gym hall, fitness suite, and outdoor courts, available for hire to local community groups during term time and school holidays.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• West Surrey PartnershipminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022A cross-phase, cross-sector partnership of schools established in 2022 working together for mutual benefit of all students and staff. Guiding principles are mutual respect, collaboration and citizenship.
• Sport EnglandminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1997Part-funded the Effingham Community Sports Centre which was opened in 1997 in the presence of Sebastian Coe OBE. Facilities include large sports hall, small gym hall, fitness suite, and outdoor courts available to the community.
• The Howard Partnership TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHoward of Effingham is part of The Howard Partnership Trust, a growing family of 13 schools in the South East of England including Primary, Secondary and Special Schools. The trust shares values and commitment to bringing out the best in each young person.
• Effingham Learning PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA confederation of eleven schools at infant, junior, primary and secondary level engaged in initiatives to positively impact learning outcomes and wellbeing of children. Key activities include supporting vulnerable children/families, promoting learning and achievement, and providing targeted CPD.
• Guildford 11-18 PartnershipminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium of twelve educational establishments in the Guildford Area committed to collaboration around secondary education provision. Vision is to increase participation, raise achievement and ensure equal opportunities.
• SAfE (Schools Alliance for Excellence)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAn alliance of schools and partners delivering a high quality, cohesive, coordinated school-led improvement system to serve all children and schools from nursery to post-16.
• i2i Teaching PartnershipminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAn alliance of highly successful secondary schools in Surrey, Hampshire, Middlesex and Berkshire delivering first class School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) programme leading to both QTS and PGCE for aspiring secondary teachers.
• Inspiring Future TeachersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeacher training programme supporting aspiring secondary school teachers.
• Humphrey Richardson Taylor TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharitable trust generously supporting small group lessons on Jazz Band instruments for students in Year 7 and 8 as part of enrichment activities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Sport England: National body that part-funded the Effingham Community Sports Centre in 1997. Not a competing school, but a critical partner and funding counterparty underpinning the school's only meaningful self-generated revenue stream.

Broad incumbents

• Greenshaw Learning Trust: Multi-academy trust with secondary schools across London and the South East. Comparable in trust-scale, governance and curriculum breadth, and overlapping geography with the Howard Partnership Trust footprint.
• GLF Schools: Large multi-academy trust operating dozens of primary and secondary schools across southern England. Functionally analogous to The Howard Partnership Trust — comparable operating model, governance, and central-services structure — and a direct alternative MAT for South East parents.
• Bohunt Education Trust: Multi-academy trust running secondary and primary schools across southern England. Operates an analogous centralised-school model and competes for the same regional pool of teachers, governors and feeder families.

Direct peers

• Cobham Free School: Local free school (state-funded, non-selective) in Cobham, Surrey serving secondary-age pupils. Comparable in funding model, admissions geography (Surrey), and state-sector positioning just minutes from Effingham.
• Epsom College: Independent co-educational secondary school in Epsom, Surrey offering GCSE, A-Level and Sixth Form provision. Direct comparator for Howard of Effingham given shared Surrey catchment, similar Year 7–13 pathway, and overlap in target parental demographics.
• Charterhouse School: Independent boarding and day secondary school located in Godalming, Surrey. Comparable on the secondary/post-16 pathway and parent-cohort axis, though operating with broader national/international reach than the state-funded Howard of Effingham.
• Royal Grammar School, Guildford: Selective independent boys' secondary school in Guildford, Surrey, also fielding a co-educational Sixth Form. Stronger academic selection than Howard of Effingham but operating in overlapping South East Surrey feeder geography.
• Tormead School: Independent girls' day school in Guildford, Surrey, providing secondary education through to A-Level. Relevant peer given shared catchment (Guildford/Effingham) and overlapping parental choice dynamics for families weighing state vs independent options.
• Reigate Grammar School: Independent day school in Reigate, Surrey running a Year 7–13 pipeline including Sixth Form. Comparable in geography (South East Surrey), age range, and A-Level/GCSE offer, competing for the same cohort of families.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/howard_news
• Facebookfacebook.com/friendsofhowardofeffingham
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/howard-of-effingham-school

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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