Esher Sixth Form College | |
Coordinates: | 51.3878°N -0.3427°W |
Established: | 1974 |
Type: | 16-19 Academy |
Principal: | Dan Hards [1] |
Address: | Weston Green Road |
City: | Thames Ditton |
County: | Surrey |
Country: | England |
Postcode: | KT7 0JB |
Ofsted: | yes |
Urn: | 145006 |
Dfeno: | 8602 |
Enrolment: | 2100 (approx.) |
Gender: | Mixed |
Lower Age: | 16 |
Upper Age: | 18 |
Free Label 3: | Former name |
Free 3: | Esher College |
Free Label 4: | Previous URN |
Free 4: | 130830 |
Free Label 5: | Former name |
Free 5: | Esher County Grammar School |
Website: | https://www.esher.ac.uk |
Esher Sixth Form College is an open access, non-selective 16-19 Academy located in Thames Ditton, Surrey, England.
Rated as "outstanding" in September 2022[2] by Ofsted, it now has around 2100 students enrolled, with a catchment drawn from north Surrey and southwest London. They offer over 40 A Level and BTEC National courses, with the opportunity to combine both.
Esher Sixth Form College is very close to Thames Ditton railway station on the northern edge of Surrey. It is situated just south of the roundabout of the A309 and B364.
The site was formerly Esher County Grammar School which moved there in 1965, having been established as Surbiton County Grammar in the 1920s. The original Surbiton site is now occupied by the Hollyfield School.
The transformation into a sixth form college began in 1974 with the last intake of grammar school pupils. It became a wholly sixth form college in 1979, by which time it was known as Esher College and had approximately 1000 students. It has since expanded, and the 2021 prospectus describes the college as 'a community of over 1900 full-time students'.
It became a 16-19 Academy in September 2019 and changed its name to 'Esher Sixth Form College' [1]