Edgeborough, Frensham, Farnham, Surrey GU10 3AH
10 reasons to choose Edgeborough School
Top line
Edgeborough School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 86. It is one of the best independent prep schools in Farnham and one of the 4 best primary schools for 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Edgeborough School is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 2 and 13 years. Boarding from Year 3 for the 20% of pupils who board. All are weekly or flexi boarders. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, and part of the Charterhouse Group of Schools. Day fees at Edgeborough School range from £4,390 (Rec) to £7,130 per term (2023/24).
Average class size
Edgeborough School has two classes per year and an average class size of 20 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for Edgeborough School leavers are one of 20 independent schools. Over the past few years 20% of leavers have gone on to Cranleigh, 20% to Lord Wandsworth College, and 10% to each of Wellington and Charterhouse. 40% of pupils win awards and scholarships. In September 2021 Edgeborough joined the Charterhouse Group of Schools.
The Edgeborough School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, French, Latin. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, art, DT and computing throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Edgeborough School
School is one of the 50 prep schools with the most extensive sports offers in the UK. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in golf, hockey.
The Arts at Edgeborough School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Chapel choir and all-school choir, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.50am to 6.30pm. Facility for occasional boarding.
Find another school near Edgeborough School
Frensham Heights Junior School (1.2 miles); Barfield School (3.9 miles); St Nicholas’ School, Infants & Juniors/a> (6.5 miles).
Rowledge Church of England Primary School (1.9 miles); South Farnham School (1.9 miles); St Polycarp’s Catholic Primary School, Farnham (2.3 miles).
Frensham Heights School (1.2 miles); St Nicholas’ School, Fleet (6.5 miles); St Edmund’s School, Hindhead (7.1 miles); Lord Wandsworth College (9.5 miles).
Weydon School (2.5 miles); All Hallows Catholic School (4.2 miles); Woolmer Hill School (7.5 miles).