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St. Teresa's School, Effingham
Worth knowing if you're looking at Year 7 entry: St Teresa's is a Catholic girls' school, but its sixth form is co-educational and shared with two other schools in the same trust. It is an independent day and boarding school on a hill outside Effingham in the Surrey Hills. Boarding is available from Year 7 on a full, weekly, flexi or occasional basis, though most girls are day pupils.
The school was founded in 1928 by the Religious Order of Christian Instruction, in Effingham Hill House, a mansion built in 1799 that is still the middle of it. The last nun to be headmistress retired in 1977 and a lay trust has run it since. It describes itself as 'a Catholic School which welcomes pupils of all faiths and of none', and there is no faith criterion anywhere in the published admissions process. There is an equestrian centre and a tennis academy in the grounds.
Entry at eleven is the ISEB pre-test, an Experience Day in November and an interview, with offers at the end of that month. Phones go into pouches for the school day, the sixth form excepted. Parents told the Good Schools Guide the school is 'a beautifully self-contained world', and the Guide's own line is that for families wanting 'a gentle values-based education, where girls can be inspired and remain unaffected for as long as possible, it's worth taking a hike up the steep hill'. It suits a girl who does not need to be in a hurry to grow up.
Key facts
Annual fees
2026/27, per term, inclusive of VAT. Day: Years 7-8 £9,095; Years 9-11 £9,525, plus a compulsory lunch charge of £410 per term. Boarding: weekly (5 nights) Years 7-8 £13,735 and Years 9-11 £14,245; full (7 nights) Years 7-8 £15,285 and Years 9-13 £15,795; flexi £80 per night. Registration fee £90, non-refundable, covering registration and the entrance exam. Deposit £600 for day girls, £2,500 for EU boarders, £15,285 for non-EU boarders.
Admissions
Admissions contact
a.charles@effinghamschools.org
Admissions phone
+44 (0)1372 750204 (admissions); +44 (0)1372 452037 (Senior School switchboard)
Registration form
https://effinghamschoolstrust.applicaa.com/
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
Creative Writing
English
- Creative Writing - Descriptive
- Creative Writing - Narrative
- Creative Writing - Personal
- Creative Writing - Persuasive
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
2026: grade 9s rose from 10% to 12% year on year, with nearly a third of all grades at 8-9 and almost half at 7 or above. The school also reports value-added results showing pupils progressing beyond national expectations (school's own published figures).
A-level results
2025 (the most recent set published on the school's site; no 2026 A Level page has gone up yet): 52% of grades at A*-A, 98% of leavers securing a university place and 56% going to Russell Group universities. The school reports a top-15% national ranking for A Level value-added (school's own published figures).
Frequently asked questions
Location
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