Etterby Scaur, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 9PB
10 simple reasons to choose Austin Friars Junior School
Independent prep school and nursery in Carlisle.
For pupils aged 3 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day school.
Religious character; Roman Catholic.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Junior division of Austin Friars, an all-through school to age 18.
Austin Friars Junior School fees range from £2,835 (Rec) to £3,895 per term (2021/22).
10 better reasons to choose Austin Friars Junior School
Schoolsmith Score®; 76.
One of the best independent prep schools in Carlisle and one of the 3 best primary schools for 7 miles.
On average, 16.8 pupils per class and 12.6 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 6, most Junior School pupils move up to Austin Friars School.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, philosophy, French, Spanish, Latin. Topic-based teaching for history and geography for infant classes. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for speech & drama (infants), sport, music and languages throughout, for art and science from Year 3, and for DT and philosophy in Year 6.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers. Residential trips for Years 2, 4 and 6.
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Three choirs and some instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Austin Friars Junior School
Independent Prep Schools
Lime House School, Primary (8.1 miles); Hunter Hall School (22.1 miles).
State Primary Schools
Stanwix School (0.7 miles); Wreay Church of England Primary School (6.2 miles); Great Corby School (7.4 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Austin Friars (0 miles); Lime House School (8.1 miles).
State Senior Schools
William Howard School (9.5 miles); The Nelson Thomlinson School (12.3 miles); Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith (19.7 miles).