 A parish school was opened in 1804.After enlargements this was superseded by Caterham County Council school that was built in 1872 and enlarged in 1893 and 1909.The school has its origins in this institution and derives its name from a wealthy and politically influential Middle Ages noble who owned one of the manors of the former village in 1372, Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, whose wealthy wife Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley owned as co-heir a large set of estates before their marriage, including this land.