Reserve a place at open events by contacting the school directly by phone, email or using the online booking facility (where available).
Maximising the open day• Read up on the school: do your homework.
• Be aware of, but don’t be led by, league tables. They are based on historic information, the school may be changing.
• Dress for comfort, not to impress.
• Talk to other parents.
• Talk to pupils.
• Listen to the Head and governors.
• Take notes.
• Use all your senses: look, see, hear.
• Examine noticeboards around the school.
• Keep an open mind.
• Watch your child as they go round, listen to what they say.
• Ask questions.
• Trust your instincts.
• Don’t forget this is not about you, it’s about your child.
ACS Cobham
Portsmouth Road, Cobham KT11 1BL
Telephone: 01932 869744 (admissions)
Email: cobhamadmissions@acs-schools.com
Web: www.acs-schools.com
Open mornings: Wednesday 25 September, 9.30–11.30am (ages 2–9); Thursday 26 September, 9.30–11.30am (ages 10–17); Saturday 12 October 9.45am–12 noon (ages 2–18); Saturday 28 March 2020, 9.45am–12 noon (ages 2–18).
Box Hill School
Old London Road, Mickleham, Dorking RH5 6EA
Telephone: 01372 373382
Email: admissions@boxhillschool.com
Web: www.boxhillschool.com
Open days: Saturday 5 October, 10.15am–12 noon (open morning); Monday 16 September, 6–8pm (sixth form); Thursday 14 November and Tuesday 11 February 2020, 11am–12.15pm (school at work day).
Charterhouse
Godalming, Surrey GU7 2DX
Telephone: 01483 291500
Email: admissions@charterhouse.org.uk
Web: www.charterhouse.org.uk
Open mornings: Saturday 14 September (sixth form); Saturday 5 and 12 October, 9.30am (Year 9+). To book a place, contact visits@charterhouse.org.uk.
Claremont Fan Court School
Claremont Drive, Esher, Surrey KT10 9LY
Telephone: 01372 467841
Email: info@claremont.surrey.sch.uk
Web: www.claremontfancourt.co.uk
Open days: Saturday 21 September and Saturday 12 October, both 9.30am–12.30pm (whole school); Monday 30 September, 6pm (sixth form).
Cranmore School
Epsom Road, West Horsley KT24 6AT
Telephone: 01483 280340
Email: a.charles@effinghamschools.org
Web: www.cranmore.org
Open morning: Saturday 21 September.
Danes Hill School
Leatherhead Road, Oxshott KT22 0JG
Telephone: 01372 849203 (admissions enquiry)Email: registrar@daneshill.surrey.sch.uk
Web: www.daneshillschool.co.uk
Open mornings: Personal tours take place on three mornings each week during term time.
Feltonfleet
Byfleet Road, Cobham, Surrey KT11 1DR
Telephone: 01932 862264
Email: admissions@feltonfleet.co.uk
Web: www.feltonfleet.co.uk
Open mornings: Saturday 28 September, 9.30–11.30am; Friday 6 March 2020, 9–11am.
Gordon’s School
West End, Woking GU24 9PT
Telephone: 01276 858084
Email: registrar@gordons.school and sixthformregistrar@gordons.school
Web: www.gordons.surrey.sch.uk
Open mornings: Monday 23–Wednesday 25 September and Thursday 3–Friday 4 October (Y7 day boarding); Saturday 21 September and 5, 12 and 19 October (Y7/9 residential boarding visits).
Guildford High
London Road, Guildford GU1 1SJ
Telephone: 01483 543853 (admissions enquiries)
Email: guildford-admissions@guildfordhigh.co.uk
Web: www.guildfordhigh.co.uk
Open mornings: Tuesday 10 and Friday 20 September, Wednesday 20 November (junior school); Friday 13 and Wednesday 25 September, Monday 7 and Thursday 17 October, Tuesday 3 December (senior school); Thursday 19 September (sixth form); Saturday 12 October (junior and 11+ activities morning). All dates 10am–approx 12 noon.
Halliford School
Russell Road, Shepperton, Middlesex TW17 9HX
Telephone: 01932 234921 (registrar)
Email: registrar@hallifordschool.co.uk
Web: www.hallifordschool.co.uk
Open days: Saturday 5 October (open morning); Thursday 7 November, 9.30am and 11.30am, Tuesday 12 November, 9.30am (visitor mornings); Wednesday 16 October, 6–8pm (sixth form).
Hampton Court House
Hampton Court Road, East Molesey KT8 9BS
Telephone: 020 8614 0857 (admissions)
Email: admissions@hchnet.co.uk
Web: www.hamptoncourthouse.co.uk
Open days: Thursday 26 September, 2.30pm (ages 3–5); Thursday 3 October, 2.30pm (ages 5–9); Thursday 17 October, 7pm (sixth form); Thursday 14 November, 2.30pm (ages 9–16).
Manor House School
Manor House Lane, Little Bookham, Leatherhead KT23 4EN
Telephone: 01372 457077 (admissions)
Email: admissions@manorhouseschool.org
Web: www.manorhouseschool.org
Open days: Saturday 5 October, 10am (prep and senior school); Thursday 14 November, 1.30pm (reception discovery afternoon).
Reed’s School
Sandy Lane, Cobham KT11 2ES
Telephone: 01932 869001 (admissions)
Email: admissions@reeds.surrey.sch.uk
Web: www.reeds.surrey.sch.uk
Open mornings: Saturday 14 September, 10.30am–12.30pm and Saturday 9 November, 10am–12 noon.
Reigate Grammar School
Reigate Road, Reigate RH2 0QS
Telephone: 01737 222231
Email: info@reigategrammar.org
Web: www.reigategrammar.org
Open days: Thursday 12 September, 9.15–11.30am (working open morning); Wednesday 25 September, 6–9pm (sixth form/A-level options); Saturday 28 September, 9.30, 10.15 and 11am (open morning talk and tours)
Royal Grammar School Guildford
High Street, Guildford GU1 3BB
Telephone: 01483 880600
Email: admissions@rgs-guildford.co.uk
Web: www.rgs-guildford.co.uk
Open days: Friday 4 October, 5–7.30pm and Saturday 5 October, 9.30am–12.30pm.
Sir William Perkins’s School
Guildford Road, Chertsey KT16 9BN
Telephone: 01932 574900
Email: reg@swps.org.uk
Web: www.swps.org.uk
Parent information mornings: Friday 27 September, Tuesday 26 November, Monday 9 March and Friday 24 April 2020, 9.15–11.30am.
St George’s Ascot
Wells Lane, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7DZ
Telephone: 01344 629920 (admissions)
Email: admissions@stgeorges-ascot.org.uk
Web: www.stgeorges-ascot.org.uk
Open morning: Saturday 5 October, 10am.
St George’s, Weybridge
Junior School: Thames Street, Weybridge KT13 8NL
Telephone: 01932 839400
College: Weybridge Road, Addlestone KT15 2QS
Telephone: 01932 839300
Email: contact@stgeorgesweybridge.com
Web: www.stgeorgesweybridge.com
Open days: Thursday 19 September, 6.30pm (sixth form); Saturday 28 September, 9.30am–12.30pm (junior school); Saturday 28 September, 8.45am and 10am (college).
Tasis
Coldharbour Lane, Thorpe TW20 8TE
Telephone: 01932 582316 (admissions)
Email: ukadmissions@tasisengland.org
Web: www.tasisengland.org
Open morning: Friday 4 October.