Life after Donhead
Upon leaving Donhead at 11 our pupils go onto a wide range of highly selective independent and state schools.
At Donhead we pride ourselves on working closely alongside you to find the right school for your child. We view every child as an individual and take a bespoke approach to preparing them for their 11+ assessments and scholarship applications.
Our well established relationships with future schools ensure that we know what each school demands from their entry process, this is illustrated in the list below showing the places, scholarships and awards won by our students in previous years.
The school is proudly non-selective at entry but punches well above its weight when it comes to 11+ results – recent leavers have scooped 26 scholarships (academic, music and sport) and gone on to a range of top senior schools. The Head and staff work closely with families to find the right next step for each child, focusing on fit rather than prestige- Muddy Stilettos
Muddy Stilettos
Information Evening
We hold a Senior School Information Evening early in the Michaelmas Term for parents of children in Years 4 and 5. We try to cover as wide a spectrum as possible of the schools in which our parents have expressed an interest. Parents may also request a meeting with the Headteacher to talk through their options for secondary schools at any time.
2026 Leavers' Destinations
| School | Offers | Acceptances | Scholarships and Awards |
| Cardinal Vaughan | 1 | 1 | |
| Chancellor School | 1 | 0 | |
| Charterhouse | 1 | 0 | |
| City of London Freemen's | 8 | 2 | Sports x3 |
| Claremont Fan Court | 6 | 0 | Music x1, Sport x1, Academic x1 |
| Epsom College | 9 | 6 | Sports x1, Music x1 |
| Eton College 13+ | 1 | 1 | |
| Ewell Castle School | 5 | 2 | |
| Halliford School | 2 | 0 | |
| Hall School | 1 | 0 | |
| Hampton School | 11 | 4 | Sports x2, Music x1 |
| Herts & Essex High School | 1 | 1 | |
| Ibstock Place School | 2 | 1 | |
| Kings College School | 3 | 2 | Sports x1, Arthur Caley Academic Scholarship x2 |
| Kingston Grammar School | 7 | 1 | |
| London Oratory School | 2 | 2 | |
Notre Dame Cobham | 1 | 0 | |
Putney High School GDST | 2 | 1 | |
| Reed’s School | 23 | 7 | Sports x6, Music x1, Academic x1, Art x1 |
| Royal Grammar School | 1 | 0 | Sports x1 |
| Rutlish School | 1 | 1 | |
| St John’s School Leatherhead | 15 | 5 | Sports x3, Music x1, Academic x1, Art x1, DT x1 |
| Surbiton High School | 1 | 1 | |
| Sutton High GDST | 1 | 0 | |
| Tiffin Grammar School | 5 | 5 | |
| Trinity School | 3 | 1 | Sports x1, Academic x1 |
| Ursuline High School | 2 | 2 | |
| Whitgift School | 4 | 0 | |
| Wimbledon College | 1 | 0 | |
| Wimbledon High School GDST | 1 | 1 |
The Facts
of our pupils move on to their chosen senior school
scholarships were awarded, including academic, music, art and sport
Our 2026 Scholarships at a Glance
Donhead Preparatory School has a long and proud history of its pupils being awarded scholarships to leading senior schools. This diagram shows the range of scholarships gained by pupils in 2026.
2025 Leavers' Destinations
| School | Offers | Acceptances | Scholarships and Awards |
| Alice Smith School (Malaysia) | 1 | 1 | |
| Claremont Fan Court | 3 | 0 | 1 Academic |
| Emanuel | 1 | 0 | |
| Epsom College | 7 | 4 | 1 Academic, 1 Music |
| Ewell Castle | 9 | 1 | 2 Sports |
| Feltonfleet | 2 | 1 | |
| Halliford | 1 | 0 | |
| Hall School Wimbledon | 2 | 0 | |
| Hampton | 7 | 2 | |
| Holy Cross | 1 | 1 | |
| Kingston Grammar | 13 | 1 | 1 Academic, 1 Music |
| King's College School, Wimbledon | 5 | 3 | 1 Academic (Herbert Rogers Academic Scholarship) |
| Kingswood House | 2 | 1 | 1 Sport |
| The London Oratory | 2 | 2 | |
| Lady Eleanor Holles (LEH) | 3 | 0 | 2 Academic |
| Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | |
Putney High | 2 | 0 | 2 Academic, 1 Music |
Radley College (13+) | 1 | 1 | |
| Reeds | 11 | 4 | 1 Sports, 1 Music |
| Richard Challoner | 2 | 2 | |
| Royal Grammar | 1 | 0 | |
| Seaford College | 1 | 0 | |
| Surbiton High | 3 | 0 | 1 Academic, 1 Music |
| St John's School Leatherhead | 5 | 2 | 4 Sport |
| St Paul's Girls' | 1 | 1 | |
| Sutton High | 1 | 0 | 1 Sports |
| The Cedars | 1 | 0 | |
| Tiffin School | 2 | 2 | |
| The Tiffin Girls' School | 2 | 1 | |
| Trinity | 6 | 1 | 1 Sports |
| Ursuline High | 7 | 7 | |
| Wallington High | 1 | 1 | |
| Wallington County Grammar | 1 | 0 | |
| Westminster Under | 1 | 1 | |
| Whitgift | 6 | 4 | 1 Academic |
| Wimbledon College | 4 | 3 | |
| Wimbledon High | 3 | 2 | 2 Academic, 1 Music |
| Wilson's | 2 | 0 |
2024 Leavers' Destinations
| School | Offers | Acceptances | Scholarships and Awards |
| Wimbledon College | 9 | 9 | |
| Hampton | 14 | 7 | 2 Academic, 3 Sports |
| Whitgift | 8 | 6 | 2 Sports |
| Ewell Castle | 11 | 4 | 1 Academic, 1 Music, 1 English |
| Trinity | 7 | 4 | 1 Sports, 2 Academic |
| Richard Challoner | 3 | 3 | |
| Epsom College | 5 | 3 | 1 Sports |
| Reed's | 14 | 2 | 1 Sports |
| St Paul's | 2 | 2 | |
| St John's Leatherhead | 6 | 2 | 1 Sports |
| Halliford School | 5 | 2 | |
| Rutlish School | 2 | 2 | |
| King's College Wimbledon | 5 | 1 | 1 Sports, 1 Arthur Cayley Academic |
| Sutton Grammar | 2 | 1 | |
| Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School | 1 | 1 | |
| The Cedars School | 1 | 1 | 1 Sports & Art |
| Kingston Grammar | 2 | 1 | |
| The London Oratory | 1 | 1 | |
| King's College Panama | 1 | 1 | |
| Wallington Grammar | 1 | 1 | |
| Tiffin | 1 | 0 | |
| Wilson's | 1 | 0 | |
| Emanuel | 3 | 0 | |
| City of London Freemen's | 3 | 0 | |
| Claremont Fan Court | 3 | 0 | 1 Academic |
| Saint Cecilia's Church of England | 2 | 0 | 1 Music |
| Hall School Wimbledon | 1 | 0 |
2023 Leavers' Destinations
| School | Offers | Acceptances | Scholarships and Awards |
| City of London Freemen's | 2 | 1 | |
| Claremont Fan Court | 4 | 1 | 1x Academic |
| Coombe Boys School | 0 | 0 | |
| Danes Hill | 0 | 0 | |
| Downsend | 1 | 0 | |
| Dulwich College | 1 | 1 | |
| Emanuel | 4 | 1 | |
| Epsom | 10 | 6 | 1x Music, 1x Academic, 1x Sport |
| Ewell Castle | 6 | 1 | 2x Academic, 1x Music, 1x Sport |
| Hall School | 1 | 1 | |
| Halliford | 2 | 1 | |
| Hampton | 6 | 3 | |
| Harrodian | 1 | 0 | |
Ibstock Place | 2 | 0 | |
Kingston Grammar School | 4 | 2 | |
| Kings College School | 2 | 0 | |
| King Edward's Whitley | 1 | 1 | |
| Reeds | 15 | 5 | 2x Music, 2x Art, 1x Academic |
| Richard Challoner | 5 | 4 | |
| RGS Guildford | 1 | 1 | |
| St John's Leatherhead | 6 | 0 | 1x Music, 1x Art |
| Sutton Grammar School | 1 | 1 | |
| Tiffin Boys | 1 | 1 | |
| Tonbridge School | 1 | 0 | |
| Trinity | 4 | 3 | 1x Sport |
| Whitgift School | 15 | 5 | 1x Music, 2x Sport, 3x Headmaster’s scholarship, 1x Choral Scholarship, 1x Academic |
| Wimbledon College | 2 | 1 |
2022 Leavers' Destinations
| School | Offers | Acceptances | Scholarships and Awards |
| Cheadle Hulme, Manchester | 1 | 1 | |
| City of London Freemen's | 2 | 0 | |
| Claremont Fan Court | 2 | 0 | |
| Coombe Boys School | 1 | 0 | |
| Danes Hill | 2 | 2 | |
| Downsend | 1 | 0 | |
| Dulwich College | 1 | 0 | |
| Emanuel | 5 | 0 | |
| Epsom | 5 | 4 | 2x Sport |
| Ewell Castle | 5 | 3 | 3x Academic |
| Halliford | 1 | 0 | |
| Hampton | 7 | 1 | 1x Academic, 1x Edmund Pigeon Scholarship, 1x Sport |
| Harrodian | 1 | 0 | |
| Harrow | 1 | 0 | |
Kingston Grammar School | 3 | 1 | 1x Academic |
Kings College School | 5 | 2 | 1x Arthur Caley Scholarship, 1x Music Exhibition |
| Kingswood House | 1 | 1 | |
| Latymer Upper School | 1 | 0 | |
| Reeds | 18 | 6 | 1x Academic, 1x Sport |
| Richard Challoner | 7 | 3 | |
| Rutlish | 2 | 0 | |
| St Andrew's Leatherhead | 1 | 1 | |
| St John's Leatherhead | 7 | 1 | 1x Sport |
| St Paul's School | 1 | 1 | |
| Sutton Grammar School | 4 | 0 | |
| The Hall | 1 | 0 | |
| The London Oratory | 2 | 0 | |
| Tiffin Boys | 2 | 1 | |
| Tonbridge School | 1 | 0 | |
| Trinity | 6 | 4 | 2x Sport |
| Whitgift School | 12 | 3 | 2x Sport |
| Wallington County Grammar School | 2 | 2 | |
| Wilson's Grammar School | 1 | 0 | 1x Academic |
| Wimbledon College | 9 | 2 | |
| Winchester College | 1 | 0 |
