Editing Epsom (section)

===Independent schools===
[[File:Epsom College main building.jpg|thumb|Epsom College]]
[[Epsom College]] was founded in 1851 as the Medical Benevolent College by the physician, [[John Propert]]. The school buildings were opened in 1855 by [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]] and the first cohort of 100 pupils were all sons of medics.<ref name=Home_1901_pp41-42>{{harvnb|Home|1901|pp=41–42}}</ref> By 1865, the school roll had grown to 300 and had been opened to those able to pay fees.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.epsomcollege.org.uk/about-epsom/history/dr-john-propert/ |title=A history of Dr John Propert |last=Jallot |first=Rebecca |date=18 January 2019 |publisher=Epsom College |access-date=1 June 2021 |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226162704/https://www.epsomcollege.org.uk/about-epsom/history/dr-john-propert/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The Grade II-listed chapel, dedicated to [[Luke the Evangelist|St Luke]], was built in 1857<ref name=EC_history>{{cite web |url=https://www.epsomcollege.org.uk/about-epsom/history/ |title=A unique history |last=Jallot |first=Rebecca |date=13 November 2020 |publisher=Epsom College |access-date=1 June 2021 |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119143813/https://www.epsomcollege.org.uk/about-epsom/history/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and was enlarged by [[Arthur Blomfield]] in 1895.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1044738|desc=Epsom College Chapel|grade=II|fewer-links=yes|access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref> Girls were first admitted to the school in 1976<ref name=EC_history/> and Epsom College became fully coeducational in 1996.<ref name=Scadding_2004_pp130-131>{{harvnb|Scadding|2004|pp=130–131}}</ref>

[[Kingswood House School]] is a [[preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]] to the west of the town centre. It was founded in 1899 and moved to its present site on West Hill in 1920. Since the 1960s it has operated exclusively as a [[day school]]. Girls were admitted for the first time in September 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kingswoodhouse.org/news/history/ |title=History |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=15 July 2020 |publisher=Kingswood School |access-date=5 June 2021 |archive-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123050352/https://www.kingswoodhouse.org/news/history/ |url-status=live}}</ref>