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King Edward's Witley
King Edward's School Witley (KESW) is a co-educational independent school in Surrey offering Year 7 entry for day pupils and boarders. The 11+ admissions process is a single-stage assessment using the ISEB Pretest, alongside an interview stage. Pupils entering at Year 7 and 8 benefit from a dedicated transition environment in Queen Mary House.
If the move up at eleven is the thing worrying you, King Edward's has built its answer into its buildings! Every Year 7 and Year 8, day pupil or boarder, lives and registers in Queen Mary House, which has its own entrance and its own drop-off. One parent told the Good Schools Guide it was 'a really nice transition to secondary school'. It is an independent co-educational school for eleven to eighteen, set in around a hundred acres of the Surrey Hills near Godalming, taking day pupils and boarders, full, weekly and flexi.
Its origin is not a marketing line. In 1553 Edward VI, pressed by the Bishop of London, handed over his palace at Bridewell to the City of London to house and teach the city's poorest children. The school moved to Southwark, then out to Witley in 1867, into the red brick building with the clock tower that it still occupies, and girls and boys were reunited on one site in 1952. The charity is still called Bridewell Royal Hospital, and around one pupil in ten is here on a substantially funded foundation place, funded by City livery companies and former pupils.
Every Year 7 gets a term of free tuition on an orchestral instrument and the music school on site runs about 150 lessons a week. Phones are handed in for the school day. Chapel is twice a week, Saturday mornings are for fixtures, and day pupils can stay on site until eight in the evening with a day's notice. From Year 9, children move into one of the houses and, by their own account, take it seriously. A parent told the Guide that the 'economic and racial diversity here is refreshing'.
Key facts
Annual fees
2026/27, per term, inclusive of VAT. Lower School (Years 7-8, the 11+ entry point): day £8,975; weekly boarding £14,945; full boarding £15,870; flexible boarding £80.40 per night for one to three nights a week. Non-refundable registration fee £195 including VAT, plus a non-refundable acceptance fee of £390 including VAT once a place is confirmed. Deposit £1,000 refundable for UK and EU pupils, or one term's fees for overseas pupils.
Admissions
Admissions contact
admissions@kesw.org
Admissions phone
+44 (0)1428 686735 (admissions); +44 (0)1428 686700 (switchboard)
Registration form
https://kesw.openapply.com/apply
Sibling policy
What this school tests
ISEB Common Pre-Test
English
- Grammar
- Punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Comparison
- Reading Comprehension - Evaluation
- Reading Comprehension - Grammar and punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Inference and Deduction
- Reading Comprehension - Information Retrieval
- Reading Comprehension - Language Techniques and Imagery
- Reading Comprehension - Sentence-level Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension - Sequencing
- Reading Comprehension - Structure, Form, Voice and Tone
- Reading Comprehension - Summarising
- Reading Comprehension - Text Classification and Purpose
- Reading Comprehension - Types of Words and Phrases
- Reading Comprehension - Word Meaning / Choice
- Spelling
- Vocabulary
Maths
- Algebra
- Angles and Degrees
- BIDMAS
- Coordinate Grids
- Estimation and Rounding
- Factors and Multiples
- Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- Measurement
- Money
- Number and Place Value
- Operations
- Perimeter, Area and Volume
- Position and Direction
- Properties of Shapes
- Ratio and Proportion
- Reflection, Rotation and Symmetry
- Sequences
- Special Numbers
- Speed, Distance and Time
- Statistics
- Time
Non-verbal Reasoning
- Figure Analogies
- Figure Series
- Grid Matrices
- Horizontal Codes
- Most Like Three Figures
- Most Like Two Figures
- Odd Figure Out
- Star Matrices
- Triangle Matrices
- Triangle Series
- Vertical Codes
Verbal Reasoning
- Compound Words
- Embedded Words
- Form a Word
- Insert a Letter
- Move 1 / 2 Letters
- Odd Word Out
- Shuffled Sentences
- Synonyms
- Verbal Classification
- Word Analogies
- Word Completion
- Word Match
- Word Opposites
- Word Pairs
Spatial Reasoning
- 2D Rotations
- 2D View of 3D Shape
- 3D Rotations
- Block Counting
- Building Blocks
- Combining Shapes
- Fold and Punch
- Folding Cubes
- Hidden Shapes
- Missing Face of Cube
- Nets - Opposite Face
- Shape Completion
- Vertical/Horizontal Reflections
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
2025: 56% of GCSE and IGCSE grades at 9-6, against a 2022-2025 average of 62% at 9-6 (school's own published figures).
A-level results
2026 (192 entries across A Level, BTEC and Level 3): 16% A*, 40% A*-A, 68% A*-B, 86% A*-C, 99% A*-E. The school no longer offers the IB Diploma (school's own published figures).
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does King Edward's School Witley use for the 11+?
King Edward's School Witley uses the ISEB Pretest for its 11+ admissions assessment.
Does King Edward's School Witley interview candidates as part of the 11+?
Yes, there is an interview stage as part of the 11+ admissions process at King Edward's School Witley.
Is King Edward's School Witley co-educational or single-sex?
King Edward's School Witley is a co-educational (mixed) school for pupils aged eleven to eighteen.
What are the 11+ fees for King Edward's School Witley?
For the 2026/27 academic year, Lower School (Years 7-8) termly fees are £8,975 for day pupils, £14,945 for weekly boarders, and £15,870 for full boarders. There is also a non-refundable registration fee of £195.
What is the website for King Edward's School Witley?
The official website for the school is https://www.kesw.org/.
Location
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