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What We Offer

  • Business studies
  • Classics
  • Critical Thinking
  • Design Technology
  • Drama/Theatre
  • Economics
  • Government/Politics
  • Painting/Sculpture
  • Philosophy/Ethics
  • Photography
  • Theology
  • Ancient Greek
  • English
  • English As Foreign/2nd Language
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Latin
  • Spanish
  • Archery
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Cricket
  • Cross-Country
  • Fencing
  • Fitness Training
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Hockey
  • Martial Arts
  • Netball
  • Rounders
  • Squash
  • Swimming
  • Table Tennis
  • Tennis
  • Water Sports
  • Adventure Training
  • Astronomy
  • Ballet
  • Canoeing
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Duke of Edinburgh
  • First Aid/Life Savers
  • Horse Riding & Management
  • Language Club
  • Public Speaking
  • Rock Climbing
  • Sailing
  • Scuba Diving
  • Shooting
  • Skiing
  • Young Enterprise
  • GCSE - General Certificate of Secondary Education
  • IGCSE - International General Certificate of Secondary Education
  • All denominations welcome
  • Church of England
  • Delicate/Medical Conditions
  • Dyslexia or Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD)
  • Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)
  • Armed Forces Children
  • Diplomatic Children
  • Expatriate Children
  • Gifted Children
  • International Students
  • Rail Services
  • School Bus Service
  • Special Diets

Word From The Head

Head Photo

Joanna Wright


Pupils thrive at King Edward's. We encourage them to be the best versions of themselves because individual achievement and personal growth count for more than league tables. Our unique heritage and place among British co-educational independent schools means that we can provide the best preparation for adult life to a wider range of young people than almost any other institution.

King Edward’s offers your son or daughter a school that can feel as warm and welcoming as home. A springboard to a lifelong love of learning which can nurture confidence, foster collaboration and prepare them for life in a multicultural world. Most of all it can help them discover who they are. This is a school shaped by generosity of spirit, not by background.

A King Edward’s education is a rounded education. All academic staff are subject specialists, GCSE/IGCSE in Year 11 followed by a choice of A-level courses or the IB Diploma programme in the Sixth Form. Young people discover skills, talents and enthusiasms they never knew they had and are encouraged to set their sights high and be ambitious in their learning. Our rich co-curricular programme broadens their horizons. Pupils benefit from small class sizes and our House system with its supportive pastoral networks which are at the heart of school life. Each House is committed to uniting and blending boarders and day pupils into a single team. Diversity has been a strength since our foundation in 1553 and while most of our 420 pupils are local, we attract international students from more than 40 countries who help teach us what it means to be part of the wider human family. A new Upper Sixth Form House, Academic Hub and Reception area, containing a Learning Resource Centre, will all open in September 2022.

We host and take part in weekly sports matches – Saturdays and mid-week. In recent years the School is proud to have achieved regional and national success in football, tennis, basketball, table tennis, fencing, climbing and athletics. Music flourishes inside and outside the classroom with some twenty choirs, orchestras and specialist instrumental ensembles from chamber music to rock bands. A carefully structured programme enables pupils of all abilities and aspirations to perform, from informal showcase concerts and workshops to masterclasses and large-scale concerts. Annual instrumental and vocal competitions are held for soloists and ensembles.

On our leafy, 100-acre site amid the Surrey Hills we have space for all the sport, drama, music, hobbies and intellectual pursuits a young mind can capture. King Edward's is a wonderfully safe place for youthful adventure and curiosity. Our ethos ensures there is ample choice for boys and girls to enjoy a wide variety of sports. Our programme is built on the latest research with activities that blend breadth with specific development, hence offering a vast array of Physical Education programmes.

Our aim is to inspire a love of independent learning, a wealth of lasting friendships, Christian values and hopeful vision. King Edward’s is an extraordinary, distinctive, forward-thinking and global minded community. It is a wonderful place to be.

For more detail of life at King Edward's School, please visit www.kesw.org.
To arrange a personal visit, or for further information, please contact admissions@kesw.org

Fees

Annual Day Fees *£20025 to £23985
Annual Weekly Boarding Fees *£35985 to £36990
Annual Full Boarding Fees *£38205 to £38205
* Currency: GB Pound

Number Of Pupils

238Day97
72Full Boarding41
11Weekly Boarding9
Boys Girls

Admissions

Scholarships and Bursaries

  • Academic
  • All-rounder
  • Armed forces discounts or bursaries
  • Art
  • Bursaries
  • Choral
  • Clergy/Ministers
  • Drama
  • Financial Assistance
  • IB Diploma scholarships
  • Music
  • Scholarships - Other
  • Science
  • Siblings
  • Sixth Form
  • Sport

Admissions Process

  • Assessment
  • Entry test or exam
  • GCSE results
  • Interview
  • Referral by Local Authority or Social Services
  • Report from previous school

Open Days, Visits & Events

17-05-2025 - Open Morning

This Open Morning is for families interested in 1st, 3rd, 4th and 6th form entry. Open Mornings are a useful introduction to the school and offer the chance to meet the Head and senior teaching staff, tour the school and visit academic and co-curricular departments. Each family will be offered a personal guided tour with a pupil. We look forward to welcoming you.

% Pupils Gaining
GCSE/IGCSE Passes 7 - 9

% Pupils Gaining
A Level Grades A – C

IB Score
 

School Reviews

Muddy Stilettos


That caring Christian ethos is still at the heart of the school today. And values like kindness, empathy and compassion alongside a sense of fun are most often used to describe the school in pupil and parent surveys.  

Muddy Stilettos


Parents are attracted to King Edwards for a number of reasons. The beautiful setting is a selling point, as is the all-rounder offering of sports, music, arts and academic, and the mix of students from all over the world. But it’s the pastoral care that is most highly valued.  

ISI inspection


Inspectors applauded the school’s welcoming, socially diverse and multi-cultural environment, saying that students “fully espouse the school’s maxim of ‘united by diversity’; it is their lived experience.  

Josh Andrade, Lower School House Master


Queen Mary House is a vibrant, happy House that aims to provide every pupil with a broad learning experience in and out of the classroom. We motivate them all to work and play hard, as well as embrace new challenges and opportunities.  

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