Sandringham Avenue, Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire G77 5DU
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Belmont House Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 75. It is one of the best independent prep schools in East Renfrewshire and one of the 3 best primary schools for 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Belmont House Junior School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Belmont House School, an all-through school to age 18. Belmont House Junior School fees range from £3,968 (Rec) to £4,553 per term (2023/24).
Average class size
Belmont House Junior School has one class per year and an average class size of 12 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Belmont House Junior School pupils move up to Transitus at the senior school at the end of Primary 6.
The Belmont House Junior School curriculum
School curriculum follows the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence and also includes PSHE, French, Spanish. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Primary 5.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and art throughout, and for computing and languages from Primary 3.
Sport at Belmont House Junior School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Primary 3.
The Arts at Belmont House Junior School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the creative curriculum and co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Primary 3. Choir, string orchestra and one or two instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Belmont House Junior School
Hutcheson’s Grammar School, Primary (4.6 miles); St Aloysius’ College Junior School (7.2 miles).
Belmont House School (0 miles); Hutcheson’s Grammar School (4.4 miles).