Editing Dorking (section)

===Primary schools===
There are five [[primary school]]s in Dorking, the oldest of which is Powell Corderoy School. It was founded in 1816 as The Dorking [[British and Foreign School Society|British School]], and its original premises were in West Street; but twenty years later it moved to North Street. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, the school had expanded and the funds for a new building in Norfolk Road were raised by Edith Corderoy and Mr T. Powell. The new site was opened in 1898 and the school adopted its present name in 1906.<ref name=Jackson_1991_pp83-85/><ref name=Powell_Corderoy_History>{{cite web |url=http://powellcorderoy.co.uk/history/ |title=History |publisher=Powell Corderoy School |access-date=21 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102149/http://powellcorderoy.co.uk/history/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The school moved to its current location in Longfield Road in 1968.<ref name=Powell_Corderoy_History/>

St Martin's Primary School was founded as a [[National school (England and Wales)|National School]] by the vestry in the 1830s,<ref name=Humphreys_2002_39>{{harvnb|Humphreys|2002|p=39}}</ref> however there is thought to have been a school located in the transepts of the parish church as early as the 17th century.<ref name=Wedgwood_1990_pp12-13>{{harvnb|Wedgwood|1990|pp=12–13}}</ref> The National School was moved from the grounds of the church to West Street in 1862.<ref name=Wedgwood_1990_pp12-13/> The Middle School relocated to Ranmore Road in 1969 and was joined by the First School in 1985.<ref name=Jackson_1991_p94/> The Pixham First School was founded in 1880 by Mary Mayo and was built to a design by [[Gilbert Richard Redgrave|Gilbert Redgrave]].<ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|1989|p=89}}</ref> St Paul's Primary School was founded in 1860.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stpaulsschool-dorking.co.uk/page/?title=Our+School+History&pid=43 |title=Our School History |publisher=St Paul's C of E Primary School |access-date=21 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102150/https://www.stpaulsschool-dorking.co.uk/page/?title=Our+School+History&pid=43 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Bright_1884_p35>{{harvnb|Bright|1884|p=35}}</ref>

St Paul's School was designed by the architect, [[Thomas Allom]], and admitted its first pupils in March 1860.<ref>{{harvnb|Wharmby|2013|pp=14–16}}</ref> The infants department opened in 1872 and, from that year, the school educated children aged from 5 to 13.<ref>{{harvnb|Wharmby|2013|pp=24–26}}</ref> Today, St Paul's is a Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School and educates children from the ages of 5 to 11.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/125171 |title=St Paul's CofE (Aided) Primary School |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=8 October 2020 |publisher=Ofsted |access-date=1 October 2021 |archive-date=2 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002090417/https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/125171 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:St.Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Dorking...looking East across Vincent Lane - geograph.org.uk - 108158.jpg|thumb|right|St Joseph's Catholic Primary School]]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School was founded in 1873 by [[Augusta Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk]]. The first premises were in Falkland Grove adjacent to St Joseph's Church. The school was run by nuns of the [[Servite Order]] from 1887 to 1970, when it moved to its present site in Norfolk Road, which had been vacated by Powell Corderoy School.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stjosephsschooldorking.co.uk/page/?title=Our+History&pid=9 |title=Our History |publisher=St Joseph's Catholic Primary School |access-date=21 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102149/https://www.stjosephsschooldorking.co.uk/page/?title=Our+History&pid=9 |url-status=live}}</ref>

St John's Primary School was founded in 1955 on the [[Goodwyns|Goodwyns housing estate]] to the south of the town.<ref name=Jackson_1991_p94>{{harvnb|Ettinger|Jackson|Overell|1991|p=94}}</ref> It was known as The Redlands Junior School until August 1999.<ref>{{ofsted|124950|The Redlands Junior School}}</ref>

New Lodge School, a [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private]] [[preparatory school (United Kingdom)|prep school]] formed in 2002 from the merger of Stanway School and [[Nower Lodge School]], closed in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/independent-schools-in-big-shake-up-4857591 |title=Independent schools in big shake-up |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=21 June 2002 |publisher=Surrey Live |access-date=21 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102155/https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/new-lodge-to-close-4836143 |title=New Lodge to close |author=<!--Not stated--> |orig-year=2007 |date=3 July 2013 |publisher=Surrey Live |access-date=21 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102156/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/new-lodge-to-close-4836143 |url-status=live}}</ref>