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Essendene Lodge School

Other independent school in Caterham (Surrey).

Pupils
108
on roll
Ofsted
-
no graded judgement
Attendance rate
-
not published
Pupil : Teacher
-
not published
Eligible for free school meals
0.0%
school census 2024/25
SEN support
11.1%
2025/26
Capacity
66%
108 / 163 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Teacher turnover
-
not published

Location

iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).

About

Welcome to Essendene Lodge Preparatory School and Nursery. I hope the website will give you a flavour of our happy, family friendly school. We pride ourselves on providing your child with a happy, safe and caring learning environment so that boys and girls can enjoy school.

Our purpose is to provide educational excellence coupled with high expectations to enable your child to succeed and achieve their potential. Essendene Lodge children are happy children and take pride in talking about their school and their unique experiences during their time with us.

Children leave us with fond memories where they have experienced mixed age working, learned the life skills of emotional and social intelligence as awareness of careers and mental health and wellbeing. Our academic prowess speaks for itself with many children gaining entry and/or scholarships into prestigious senior schools.

Several children also gain entry into grammar schools as a result of the exam preparation offered to them from Year 5. Our most recent inspection found Essendene Lodge School and Nursery to be excellent in all areas.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

19 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Athletics
  • Chess
  • Choir
  • Coding
  • Cooking
  • Cricket
  • Dance
  • Debating
  • Drama
  • Football
  • Gymnastics
  • Hockey
  • Lego
  • Mindfulness
  • Netball
  • Rugby

and 3 more

Awards

2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Eco Schools Green FlagEnvironment
  • Eco SchoolsEnvironment

Key facts

URN
125420
Type
Other independent school
Phase
Not applicable
Ages
2 to 11
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Local authority
Surrey
Constituency
East Surrey
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1973

Governing body

No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold. Independent schools, colleges and some other types do not appear in the governance returns.

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record