Charterhouse

Godalming, Surrey

About the school

A historic boarding and day school for ages 13–18 in Godalming, Surrey, founded in London in 1611 and on its hilltop campus since 1872. Each summer it hosts a two-week Young Learners course for ages 8–12 and a two-week summer school for ages 10–17.

Charterhouse was founded in 1611 by Thomas Sutton on the site of a former Carthusian monastery in London, and moved to its present campus above the Surrey town of Godalming in 1872. It became fully co-educational in 2021 and has around 1,000 pupils aged 13–18.

The Victorian main buildings are set among extensive playing fields. Facilities include a sports centre with a 25-metre pool, sports hall and gym; squash, fives and rackets courts; an athletics track; hockey and football pitches and floodlit tennis courts; a theatre; an art block with textiles and ceramics studios and a photography darkroom; and a Business, Leadership and Entrepreneurship Centre.

Summer students board in the school's boarding houses and use the main school facilities. Godalming railway station is about 2 km away, Heathrow Airport 45 km and Gatwick Airport 64 km.