Prior's Field

Road, GODALMINGSurrey

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1902

Founded

11 - 19

Age range

Girls

School type

£0 - £0

Boarding / term

In short

Prior's Field is a girls boarding and day school in Road, GODALMINGSurrey, educating pupils aged 11 - 19 and founded in 1902. Boarding fees are £0 - £0 per term. Our advice on this school is independent and free.

Type: Girls boarding & day
Boarders from: 11 - 19
Ethos: Non-denominational
Guardian required: Yes

Known for Tennis

About

About Prior's Field

The story, ethos and character of Prior's Field.

Setting: Rural
Ethos: Non-denominational
Head: Ms Zoe Ireland

Prior's Field has been offering girls a distinctive route to high achievement since 1902. It's a school with an extraordinary educational, literary and scientific heritage, bequeathed by its founder Julia Huxley (née Arnold). It's a school where girls are encouraged to grasp the opportunities created for them - from designing and racing electric cars, debating at the Cambridge Union and exhibiting their art in national galleries, to setting up businesses in the Sixth Form.

The school is situated in 42 acres of Surrey parkland, offering a safe and rural environment, but is just minutes from the A3 to London and the south coast. Close to Godalming and Guildford town stations (the local train to London Waterloo takes just over 40 minutes), Prior's Field is also conveniently placed between Heathrow and Gatwick airports.

Asa relatively small school of under 400 pupils, aged 11-18, our commitment is to providing space for individuality, initiative and enterprise to blossom.

Excellent school facilities include an all-weather sports pitch, Tennis Academy, superb Creative Arts Centre, Sixth Form gym, and a combined Music, Science and Technology centre. Finalists Independent Schools of the Year Awards 2024 "Extra-curricular is outstanding" The Good Schools Guide 2024 "Academic results are strong" Muddy Stilettos Good Schools Guide 2024 "The value-added is exceptional" Talk Education Review 2024 "Prior's Field consistently turns out a confident set of girls who 'success stories abound" Tatler Schools' Guide What the school is known for?

• Excellent academic results• Highly successful Tennis Academy• Impressive range of activities and vibrant cultural life• Specialist EAL teaching• Small classes and an exceptional range of subjects• "State of the art" science and laboratories• Superb pastoral care• Fun and family-oriented boarding environment• Purpose-built Sixth Form House with some en-suite rooms• Outstanding academic and sports facilities set in 42 acres of beautiful Surrey countryside• Excellent transport links to London and just 45 mins from Heathrow and Gatwick airports School history Prior's Field School was the fulfilment of a dream for Julia Huxley, granddaughter of Dr Thomas Arnold, the reforming headmaster of Rugby School and niece of poet Matthew Arnold.