Esher C Of E High School

What Esher C Of E High School does

Esher Church School is a state-funded Church of England primary academy located on Milbourne Lane in Esher, north west Surrey, United Kingdom. Operating as an academy trust, it delivers primary education to children aged 4 to 11 (Reception through Year 6), covering the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 curriculum with a stated emphasis on whole-child development grounded in the values of Community, Wisdom, and Courage. The school is fully inclusive in its admissions, welcoming children of all backgrounds, faiths, and abilities, and provides a broad curriculum including Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) support, Physical Education and School Sport, an Eco-Schools initiative, Extended Day Care facilities, and co-curricular clubs.

The institution derives its core funding from UK government per-pupil allocations rather than tuition fees, and supplements this through the ECSA (Esher Church School Association) parent fundraising committee, which held £42,000 in funds during academic year 2022-2023 and is currently driving the Innovation Hub capital project (estimated total cost exceeding £200,000, with £116,000 secured from Elmbridge Community funding and £26,000 raised at the ECSA summer ball). Its technology footprint is limited to a CODA Education-maintained website (esherchurchschool.co.uk), active Facebook and Twitter (@esherchurchsch) accounts, and email newsletters distributed to families; there is no proprietary technology platform, branded product, or AI capability. The school is led by Headteacher Mr B. Foley and Designated Safeguarding Leader Claire Simpson, with governance via a board of trustees.

The school holds an Outstanding rating from its January 2018 SIAMS inspection and a Good rating confirmed by an ungraded Ofsted inspection in May 2024. Outcomes cited include a 90% success rate for families applying to first-choice independent secondary schools and an approximately 60:40 split between maintained and private sector secondary destinations. These signals indicate a well-regarded local institution with strong parent demand, but the entity is structurally a public-sector academy trust rather than a commercial venture, and growth is bounded by single-site capacity and demographic factors in its Esher catchment.

Name

Esher C Of E High School

Legal name

Esher Church School

Website

https://esherchurchschool.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Esher Church School is a state-funded Church of England primary academy in Esher, Surrey, delivering Reception-through-Year-6 education to children aged 4-11. It supplements government per-pupil funding via the parent-led ECSA fundraising committee and holds a current Ofsted Good rating.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJAAAB

Public Elementary Schools

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/Public K–12 Schools & Districts

SECONDARYBPAGAJAD

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

Keywords

• Primary education services
• Faith-based schooling
• Curriculum delivery
• School admissions
• Extracurricular programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Esher

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Esher Church School delivers state-funded Church of England primary education for children aged 4-11 (Reception through Year 6), covering the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 national curriculum with a Christian values foundation (Community, Wisdom, Courage). Core delivery includes the full primary curriculum by year group and subject, SEND support, Physical Education and School Sport, Eco-Schools activities, Co-Curricular Clubs, Extended Day Care, and school lunches, with no tuition fees charged to families.

Product overview

Esher Church School is a Church of England primary academy offering educational services for primary school-aged children. The school provides a curriculum-based educational program rather than technology products or services. No distinct branded products, modules, or SaaS offerings were identified in the source data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Education Programme (Reception to Year 6)

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of families who applied to independent sector schools were successful in their first choice school application
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CODA EducationminorOthersCODA Education designed and maintains the school website (esherchurchschool.co.uk). The website was last tested on 12.09.2023 by CODA Education for accessibility compliance.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Cognita Schools: International schools group operating a portfolio of UK independent and faith-tied schools. Relevant as a scaled primary-education operator for comparison of operating model, governance, and wrap-around services, though commercial rather than state-funded.
• Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust: Multi-Academy Trust affiliated with the Church of England Diocese of Oxford, operating multiple primary academies. Comparable as a faith-tied academy trust operator, though geographically separate from ECS's Guildford Diocese footprint.
• GLF Schools: Large Surrey-based Multi-Academy Trust operating multiple primary and secondary academies across the South East. Relevant as a scaled governance and operating-model peer against which ECS's single-academy trust structure is benchmarked.

Direct peers

• St Paul's CofE Primary School (Esher): Church of England primary school referenced as a local competitor and same-denomination peer of Esher Church School. Operates the same faith-based curriculum model within a closely overlapping Esher/Elmbridge catchment.
• Cranmere Primary School: State primary school explicitly referenced as a local sporting competitor of Esher Church School. Operates in the same Esher/Elmbridge catchment, competing directly for Reception entrants and parental preference.
• Chandlers Field School: Local primary school named as a direct competitor of Esher Church School in inter-school sport. Sits in the same Elmbridge catchment, with overlapping admissions geography and comparable pupil demographics.
• Royal Kent CofE Primary School: Church of England primary school referenced as a local competitor to Esher Church School in inter-school sport. Comparable faith-based primary model operating in the same Surrey region.

Regional players

• Surrey County Council Schools (primary portfolio): Local-authority-maintained primary schools in the same Surrey/Elmbridge region as Esher Church School. Represent the alternative state-funded primary provision families compare against when choosing ECS.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/esherchurchsch
• Facebookfacebook.com/346722349830582
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/esher-c-of-e-high-school

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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