Living in Leatherhead with children
Leatherhead, Surrey. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 11,482 people in 5,236 households; 26.0% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
20 schools: 11 state primary, 3 state secondary, 6 privateLeatherhead on the schools map →Every school in Leatherhead, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (11)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Raleigh School | School remains Outstanding | Top 1% (2/222) in Surrey | 2.445 miles (2026) |
| Great Bookham School | Good | Top 2% (3/222) in Surrey | 2.483 miles (2026) |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | Outstanding | Top 21% (46/222) in Surrey | 5.093 miles (2026) |
| Oakfield Junior School | Good | Top 31% (67/222) in Surrey | — |
| The Royal Kent CofE Primary School | School remains Good | Top 44% (97/222) in Surrey | 1.855 miles (2026) |
| St Lawrence Primary School | School remains Good | (125/222) in Surrey | — |
| Eastwick Junior School | Standards maintained | (135/222) in Surrey | — |
| Leatherhead Trinity School and Nursery | Standards maintained | (158/222) in Surrey | — |
| Eastwick Infant School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Fetcham Village Infant School | Good | — | — |
| Polesden Lacey Infant Academy | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Andrew's Catholic School | Outstanding | 1st (1/56) in Surrey | 0.355 miles (2026) |
| Howard of Effingham School | Good | Top 27% (15/56) in Surrey | 3.828 miles (2026) |
| Therfield School | School remains Good | (36/56) in Surrey | — |
Private schools (6)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John's School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top 42% (12/29) in Surrey | — |
| Cranmore | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Downsend School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Glenesk School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Little Downsend Leatherhead | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Manor House School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (24 detached, 33 semi-detached, 26 terraced, 78 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Leatherhead. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Leatherhead →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 78% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 97%, on average across the 1,494 postcodes in KT22, KT24, KT23. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 8 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £8.63 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 9 in Surrey.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Surrey
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Surrey.
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