Welcome to the Junior School
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At King Henry’s Junior School we very much focus on the child as a whole, encompassing strong academic challenge alongside a rich breadth of opportunities to take part in a variety of clubs, music, sport and drama. We want to find and ignite sparks within every child, instil a love of learning and a passion for activities that they can carry for a lifetime. Read more
Welcome to the Junior School
Our Junior School is on the same site as our Senior School on Warwick Road. Children from Year 2 to Year 6 enjoy learning here and we benefit from sharing our grounds and expertise with the Senior School.
Children spend five years at the Junior School prior to taking up places at the Senior School. The children are taught in classes of usually no more than 24 pupils.
Superb facilities
Our Junior School is a purpose-built facility with a range of superb specialist facilities including: a Library, a Music Suite with seven attached individual tuition rooms, ICT suite and a Sports Hall. Specialist sports facilities are shared with the Senior School and include a 25 metre swimming pool, Games fields and Netball courts.
Year 2 children are grouped in small classes, usually of 20. For the majority of the curriculum they are taught by their class teachers and they also have lessons with subject specialists in Swimming, PE, Games, Art/Design Technology, Drama and Music.
In Year 3 and 4 children are taught English, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography and RE by their class teachers. All other subjects are taught by specialists: French, Computing, Art & Design, Music, Swimming, P.E. and Games.
In Years 5 and 6 children are provided with an environment carefully designed for children with an enthusiasm for learning and who are ready for a more sophisticated approach than that of conventional primary schools. It also helps to build the independence and confidence which will help children to succeed in due course at an academically selective senior school. They are taught by the Senior School teachers for Modern Foreign Languages. Pupils have a number of opportunities to work in Senior School classrooms and with Senior School teachers throughout Years 5 and 6, strengthening the smooth transition we provide into Year 7.
You can click on this link to have a virtual tour of the Junior School and look at our facilities.
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