Rawcliffe Lane, York, North Yorkshire YO30 6NP
10 reasons to choose Bootham Junior School
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Bootham Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 82. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around York and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Bootham Junior School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Quaker school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Bootham School, an all-through school to age 18. Bootham Junior School fees range from £3,325 (Rec) to £5,315 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Bootham Junior School usually has one class per year, sometimes two, and an average class size of 15 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Junior School pupils move up to Bootham School.
The Bootham Junior School curriculum
School uses a thematic curriculum for all year groups. Curriculum also includes PSHCEE, thinking skills, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Mandarin, Latin. 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 and visiting speakers. Residential trips from Year 3, but there are also on-site sleepover/camp-outs from Reception to Year 2. Outdoor learning programme for all year groups.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout.
Sport at Bootham Junior School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Bootham Junior School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, orchestra and four instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Bootham Junior School
St Peter’s 2-8 and 8-13 (0.5 miles); The Mount Junior School (1.9 miles); York Steiner School (2.9 miles).
Archbishop of York’s Church of England Junior School (4.3 miles); Naburn Church of England Primary School (5.8 miles); Tadcaster Primary Academy (10.5 miles).
St Peter’s School, York (0.5 miles); Bootham School (0.8 miles); The Mount School, York (1.9 miles).
All Saints RC School (2 miles); Manor Church of England Academy Trust (2.4 miles); Huntington School (2.9 miles).