St Teresa's School
Other independent school · Girls · Surrey
Effingham Hill, Dorking, RH5 6ST
72
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
477
Capacity used
Has space68%
700 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 4–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Stuart Field
- Address
- Effingham Hill, Dorking, RH5 6ST
- Phone
- 01372452037
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Ward / constituency
- Effingham · Guildford
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 125402
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 30% | — | — |
477 pupils · 700 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 50.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.74 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 40.26 | — | — |
Average grade: B (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.68 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 88 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 42.1 | 35 |
| Average grade | B+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 28.2% | 17% |
| A-level students | 41 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 86 | 38% | 85% | 94% | |
| English Literature | 82 | 40% | 88% | 95% | |
| Religious Studies | 74 | 46% | 85% | 95% | |
| Combined Science | 58 | 40% | 81% | 95% | |
| Geography | 41 | 61% | 93% | 98% | |
| French | 39 | 51% | 64% | 74% | |
| History | 33 | 55% | 85% | 94% | |
| Biology | 28 | 61% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 28 | 61% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 28 | 57% | 96% | 100% | |
| Physical Education | 26 | 42% | 81% | 96% | |
| Art and Design | 23 | 30% | 78% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 17 | 12% | 53% | 88% | |
| Biology | 12 | 25% | 67% | 83% | |
| Business Studies | 9 | 11% | 22% | 78% | |
| Mathematics | 8 | 50% | 88% | 88% | |
| Chemistry | 7 | 0% | 86% | 86% | |
| History | 6 | 0% | 33% | 100% | |
| Economics | 6 | 0% | 17% | 50% | |
| English Literature | 6 | 33% | 33% | 83% | |
| Dance | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Spanish | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Religious Studies | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 12855: St Teresa's School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.