- Age range
- 11–18
- Co-ed status
- Girls
- Number of students
- 3
- Day / boarding
- Day only
- Religious affiliation
- Non-denominational
- Average fees
- £31,200 (annual, inc. VAT)
- Has a nursery
- No
How the school describes itself
- The school is warm, specialist and protective, and aims to help vulnerable girls feel safe enough to learn and move forward.
Fee profile
Annual fees including VAT. 2025-26.
Year 7£31,200
Year 8£31,200
Year 9£31,200
Year 10£31,200
Year 11£31,200
Year 12£31,200
Year 13£31,200
Parents like
- Will suit families or professionals needing a very small therapeutic girls’ setting where safeguarding and recovery are central.
Admissions
Admissions at The Retreat are highly individual because the school is designed for vulnerable girls who need intensive therapeutic support as well as education. It should suit families and placing professionals looking for a very small setting where safety, trust and specialist support have to come before any conventional notion of school life.
Scholarships
Scholarships are irrelevant here. The school’s value lies in its specialist support, therapeutic environment and capacity to help highly vulnerable pupils rebuild stability.
Bursaries
Inspection snapshot
The overall picture is extremely small, protective and therapeutically oriented, with a Good Ofsted judgement and a clear focus on girls who may have been exploited. Parents and professionals should still visit because the decisive question is whether the environment, staffing and safeguarding arrangements feel robust enough for the young person involved.
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