Little Downsend Leatherhead
Little Downsend Leatherhead is an independent school in Leatherhead for boys and girls aged 0 to 7. It has 193 pupils and room for 226.
13 Epsom Road, Leatherhead, KT22 8ST01372 385437downsend.co.ukMrs Rebecca Tear headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Surrey council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 193 | 210 | 214 | 108 | 71 | 70 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 6% | 4% | 7% | 10% | 7% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's School | Independent (grammar) | 210 m | 892 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Woodlands School | Academy | 430 m | – | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| Downsend School | Independent | 510 m | 537 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 520 m | 433 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| St Andrew's Catholic School | Academy | 520 m | 1,594 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| Leatherhead Trinity School and Nursery | Church of England/Methodist | 680 m | 350 | Not inspected | 26 | Compare |
| West Ashtead Primary Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 266 | Report card 2026 | 72 | Compare |
| Therfield School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,075 | Good 2024 | 57 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Little Downsend Leatherhead a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Little Downsend Leatherhead yet.
How many pupils does Little Downsend Leatherhead have?
193 pupils aged 0 to 7 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 226 places, so it is 85% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 13 Epsom Road, Leatherhead, KT22 8ST
- Telephone
- 01372 385437
- Website
- www.downsend.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Tear
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 0-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Ward
- Leatherhead South
- Constituency
- Epsom and Ewell
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 14 November 1957
- URN
- 125405 · LAESTAB 9366435 · UKPRN 10073497
- Formerly
- Little Downsend Ashtead
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.