Cornerstone School
Halt Robin Road, Belvedere, DA17 6DW
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- TRINITAS ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Debbie Donnelly
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Trinitas Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Erith and Thamesmead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 100
- Pupils on roll
- 112
- URN
- 148582
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02087130002
About this school
Cornerstone School is a special academy in Belvedere. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 112 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Cornerstone School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 14 |
| Attainment 8 score | 6.4 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 7.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cornerstone School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 25% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 21% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 20.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 51 |
| 2023/24 | 78 |
| 2024/25 | 99 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.49%
- English as an additional language
- 1%
- Overall absence
- 20.2%
- Persistent absence
- 48.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Break Through School0.9 miles
Independent schools
-
Horizons Academy Bexley1.4 miles
Academies · Abbey Wood
-
Woodside Academy1.5 miles
Academies · Erith
-
Brighter Futures Specialist College Ltd1.6 miles
Other types · London
-
Pulse and Water College1.9 miles
Independent schools · Greenwich
Other schools in Belvedere
- Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Bedonwell Junior School Primary
- Belvedere Infant School Primary
- Belvedere Junior School Primary
- Lessness Heath Primary School Primary
- St Augustine of Canterbury CofE Primary School Primary
- Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Cornerstone School teach?
- Cornerstone School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Belvedere.
- Who is the headteacher of Cornerstone School?
- The headteacher of Cornerstone School is Mrs Debbie Donnelly, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cornerstone School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cornerstone School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Cornerstone School?
- Cornerstone School has 112 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Cornerstone School full?
- Cornerstone School has capacity for 100 pupils and 112 on roll (112%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cornerstone School a faith school?
- No. Cornerstone School has no designated religious character.
- Is Cornerstone School a selective school?
- No. Cornerstone School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Cornerstone School part of an academy trust?
- Cornerstone School is part of TRINITAS ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Cornerstone School have?
- The schools register lists Cornerstone School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Cornerstone School's absence rate?
- Cornerstone School's overall absence rate is 20.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cornerstone School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cornerstone School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.