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St Teresa’s Preparatory School, Effingham, Dorking RH5

Beech Avenue, Effingham Hill, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6ST

St Teresa's Preparatory School, Effingham, Dorking RH5

10 simple reasons to choose St Teresa's Preparatory School, Effingham

Independent prep school in Effingham Hill, Dorking.
For pupils aged 5 to 11 years.
Girls' school, boys taught at Cranmore School.
Day school.
Religious character; Roman Catholic.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Medium sized school with an average of two classes per year.
Prep school to St Teresa's School, an all-through school to age 16, and a co-ed 6th form with Cranmore School.
St Teresa's Preparatory School, Effingham fees range from £3,145 (Rec) to £5,095 per term (2021/22).

10 better reasons to choose St Teresa's Preparatory School, Effingham

Schoolsmith Score®; 83.
One of the best independent prep schools in Dorking and one of the 5 best primary schools for 5 miles. From Sep 2025 Reception will be based at Cranmore School, following the merger. New mixed 6th form in 2025.
On average, 15.5 pupils per class and 11.3 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 6, most Prep pupils move up to St Teresa's School, Effingham.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish, Latin. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, dance, drama, music and languages throughout, for art from Year 3 and for science from Year 5.
School offers a programme of day trips and visitors to enhance the curriculum. Residential trips for the senior pupils.
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. The school has a tennis academy and a BHS and ABRS approved Riding School. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in swimming.
Art, music, drama and dance are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and over half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir and some instrument ensembles. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm.

Find another school near St Teresa's Preparatory School, Effingham

Independent Prep Schools

Day: Manor House Prep School, Little Bookham (2 miles); Cranmore Preparatory School (4 miles); Belmont School (5.5 miles). Boarding: Belmont School (5.5 miles); Feltonfleet School (11 miles).

State Primary Schools

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Dorking (4.2 miles); St Paul's Church of England Primary School, Dorking (4.6 miles); St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Leatherhead (6.1 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Day: St Teresa's School, Effingham (0 miles); Manor House School, Little Bookham (2 miles); Box Hill School (5.9 miles). Boarding: St Teresa's School, Effingham (0 miles); Box Hill School (5.9 miles); St John's School, Leatherhead (6 miles).

State Senior Schools

Howard of Effingham School (1.7 miles); St Andrew's Catholic School (6.3 miles); St Peter's Catholic School (8 miles).

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