• Cornerstone is supportive, caring and determined to re-engage children who are struggling in mainstream. The school is practical, hopeful and child-specific.

• A very useful option for families and primaries seeking short-term intervention and a realistic route back towards mainstream confidence.

The admissions process at Cornerstone Academy is likely to be highly bespoke and centred on whether this very small provision can genuinely meet a child's needs. The school explicitly says pupils can join throughout the year, which underlines how flexible and intervention-led the process is.

Scholarships are not relevant to the appeal here. The value lies in specialist intervention, support and the chance of successful reintegration.

• The school does not publish bursary entry points, so families should ask directly.
• The school does not publish bursary award levels, so families should ask directly.
• Families should contact the school directly to ask whether any bursary, hardship support or discretionary fee assistance is available.

The latest public inspection reference is encouraging. Ofsted lists Cornerstone Academy as good, with a latest report dated July 2025, which gives families a recent external checkpoint on safeguarding, behaviour and leadership.

Assessment here is likely to be practical, short-cycle and strongly linked to behaviour, confidence and readiness to return to mainstream. Progress will matter, but in a different way from a conventional prep.