Surrey
Essendene Lodge School
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What the data says
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Academic signal is not available for this school phase in our current dataset.
No Progress 8 data is available for this school in the years we hold.
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Admissions and catchment
Independent schools run their own admissions outside the council process, so there is no catchment area or last offer distance to compare against. Registration and assessment dates are on the school’s website.
Entry, tests and fees
Bursaries and scholarships
Many of our children also sit scholarship exams in art, drama, music and sport and preparation for these are interwoven into the 11+ process.
Source · checked 28 September 2026
Admissions
In Upper Key Stage 2 we work very much in partnership with parents to help prepare pupils for common entrance exams taken at the age of 11 for entrance into loc…
Source · checked 28 September 2026
the majority of 11+ entrance exams begin in the Autumn Term of Year 6 by which point our pupils are very well prepared
Source · checked 28 September 2026
Copied from the school's and test organisers' own pages; check them before registering or applying.
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School information
| URN | 125420 |
| Local authority | Surrey |
| Region | South East |
| Phase | Not applicable |
| Type | Other independent school |
| Gender of entry | Mixed |
| Age range | 2-11 |
| Headteacher | Headteacher Kishwar Ali |
| Trust | — |
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | None |
| Postcode | CR3 5PB |
| Latest pupils | 101 |
| FSM eligible | — |
Contact and identifiers
Essendene Road, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 5PB
www.essendenelodge.co.uk1883348349| DfE number | 6528 |
| UKPRN | 10071089 |
| Opened | 8 Nov 1973 |
| GIAS updated | 24 Mar 2026 |
Data sources and freshness
| Official record updated | 24 Mar 2026 |
| Latest KS4 year | — |
| Latest KS2 year | — |
| Ofsted published | — |