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Woldingham School
Woldingham School is an independent day and boarding school for girls in Surrey that uses a two-stage 11+ admissions process. Candidates sit the ISEB Common Pretest alongside bespoke independent school assessments, followed by a mandatory interview stage. Located in Marden Park, the school offers flexible boarding options and a supportive environment for girls aged 11 to 18.
Woldingham suits a girl who wants room to grow into herself without the hum of a bigger, busier school. It is an independent day and boarding school for girls aged 11 to 18, set at Marden Park in the Surrey countryside a short walk from Woldingham station, with hundreds of acres of fields and woodland. Boarding is flexible: full, weekly, or flexi up to three nights a week, and many families begin as day girls and shift towards boarding later. London is half an hour away by train.
The school was founded in 1842 as a Convent of the Sacred Heart, one of the oldest girls' schools in the country, and moved to Marden Park in 1946 after its Roehampton buildings were damaged in the war. It remains Catholic in foundation and open to girls of all faiths and none. Younger boarders share rooms of three or four in Marden House, and weekends run to Friday film nights, trips into local towns and a later wake-up before Sunday Mass. Drama has a long reputation here, and both Carey Mulligan and Emma Corrin passed through.
The Good Schools Guide found 'a small, friendly, commutable haven', and one parent's line is hard to better: 'your heart-rate drops as soon as you arrive.' Parents rate the heads of year highly and say the school talks to families rather than at them. Its own phrase is 'a greenhouse not a hothouse', a fair account of the pace. It suits a girl who is curious and willing but not yet loud about it, who would rather be known by name than by position, and who will take to the fields, the train and the long walk up the drive.
Key facts
Annual fees
Years 7-8: £8,660 per term day (£10,320 including VAT); £13,420 per term weekly boarding (£16,032 including VAT); £15,270 per term full boarding (£18,252 including VAT), 2026/27
Admissions
Open day
Sep, Oct, Jan, Mar
Admissions contact
registrar@woldinghamschool.co.uk
Admissions phone
01883 654206
Registration form
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
2025: 50% of all results were grades 9-8 and 70% were grades 9-7; 94% of Triple Science results and more than 90% of Spanish results were grades 9-7
A-level results
2025: 50% of grades were A*/A and over 80% were A*-B; 25% of students achieved straight A*/A across all their subjects
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Woldingham School use for the 11+?
Woldingham School uses the ISEB Pretest alongside its own independent school entrance assessments.
Does Woldingham School interview candidates as part of the 11+?
Yes, there is a mandatory interview stage as part of the two-stage 11+ admissions process.
Is Woldingham School co-educational or single-sex?
Woldingham School is a single-sex independent school for girls aged 11 to 18.
What are the school fees for Woldingham School?
For Years 7-8 in 2026/27, day fees are £8,660 per term (£10,320 including VAT), weekly boarding is £13,420 per term (£16,032 including VAT), and full boarding is £15,270 per term (£18,252 including VAT).
What is the website for Woldingham School admissions?
You can find more details on their official admissions page at https://www.woldinghamschool.co.uk/admissions.html.
Location
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