School Data

Gender	Mixed
Age	7 - 18
Type	Boarding Day School Weekly Boarding
Size	900
Bursaries Available	Freemen’s is committed to providing academically able students, whose parents may not otherwise be able to afford the full cost of fees, the opportunity to attend our School. Bursaries of up to 100% of the fees are available to pupils entering Year 3 (7+), Year 7 (11+), Year 9 (13+) and Year 12 (16+).
Head Teacher Roland J. Martin

Open Days & Events

Our Open Events are designed to give you a flavour of what it is like to be part of the Freemen’s community with plenty of opportunity to meet and chat to our staff and pupils. We have arranged our events throughout the year, so that they are not only at a time to suit you, but also offer you and your child a variety of experiences.

Friday 25 March 2022 – Discover Freemen’s (for children in Year 5, looking to join Freemen’s in Year 7 in September 2023)

Wednesday 27 April 2022 – Freemen’s Fun (for children in Year 1, looking to join Freemen’s in Year 3 in September 2023)

Wednesday 4 May 2022 – Open Evening

Saturday 24 September 2022 – Open Day

Open Events

‘Through the provision of Bursaries, Freemen’s is committed to providing academically able students, whose parents may not otherwise be able to afford the full cost of fees, the opportunity to attend the School. Scholarships are also available, and are awarded in recognition of excellence, achievement and potential in academic study or music. They carry considerable prestige for the award holder and are offered on entry to Year 7 (11+), Year 9 (13+) and Year 12 (16+).

Scholarships & Bursaries

Contact Details

City of London Freemen’s School

City of London Freemen’s School, Ashtead Park, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 1ET

City of London Freemen’s School

City of London Freemen’s School, Ashtead Park, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 1ET

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City of London Freemen’s School has been a co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 7-18 for over 90 years. Located in the heart of the beautiful Surrey countryside, yet only approximately 30 minutes from Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, a 30 minute train journey from Central London.

Head Teacher

Freemen’s is a traditional school with a contemporary and forward-looking approach. We want the very best for the young people in our care; we take the time to guide them towards making positive choices, giving them the confidence to contribute in a world that can be both challenging and uncertain. We aim to provide our pupils with the skills they need to prepare them for life beyond Freemen’s.

Roland Martin

Freemen’s is academically selective and is a leading co-educational day and boarding school. We have a unique mix of students at Freemen’s with many pupils coming from local independent or state schools, while others come from further afield. We provide them all the same friendly, warm welcome. Over the last few years, our exam results have gone from strength to strength with record results at both A Level and at GCSE. The majority of students from Freemen’s continue their studies at Russell Group Universities with a significant number of students securing a place at Cambridge or Oxford each year. Although the academic is the ‘bread-and-butter’ of life at Freemen’s, we provide a truly holistic education for the young people in our care and the School is rightly proud of the high standards achieved in sport, music and drama and by the range of enrichment opportunities available to pupils in the school. The School is one of three independent schools managed by the City of London Corporation (City of London). The City provides financial support in the form of bursaries and scholarships. Other links with the City of London and the Livery Companies are strong. Freemen’s is a forward-looking school with an ambitious agenda to support its pupils’ development.

Freemen’s purpose-built, co-educational Boarding House (Walbrook) opened in 2014 with spaces for 60 students. Each student has a spacious bedroom (some single, others shared) sharing bathroom facilities with up to ten other students in one of six apartments or pods. There are large social areas where all members of Walbrook can meet and socialise, play snooker or table football, watch TV, sing karaoke or take part in the range of scheduled Boarding House activities. There are also kitchens and a laundry for students to use should they wish. Walbook is a home-from-home for pupils in years 9 to 13, providing a safe, happy, family-lie environment in which pupils and staff work together to promote a positive and supportive atmosphere which encourages success in all aspects of School life, which may explain why boarders tend to perform slightly better at exams than day students. Freemen’s is a diverse school and welcomes students from across the world. Current and recent students have the following nationalities: American, Australian, Belgian, British, Canadian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, German, Hong Kong, Indian, Irish, Japanese, South Korean, Lithuanian, Malaysian, New Zealand, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, South African, Spanish and Sudanese. Currently about 90% of students are British.