Old Farleigh Road, Selsdon, South Croydon, Surrey CR2 8YB
10 reasons to choose Croydon High Junior School
Main point of differentiation
With a Schoolsmith Score® of 81, Croydon High Junior School is the only girls prep school in Croydon. It is academically selective and has a bespoke Enterprise Technology curriculum, and one of the widest ranges of extra-curricular activities. (read the area review here)
School fundamentals
Croydon High Junior School is an independent prep day school for girls between the ages of 3 and 11 years. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Croydon High School, an all-through school to age 18, and is a member of the Girls’ Day School Trust. Croydon High Junior School fees range from £5,683 (Rec) to £6,478 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Croydon High Junior School has two classes per year and an average class size of 19 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Croydon High Junior School pupils move up to the senior school. Croydon High School usually ranks in the top 20%-25% of independent schools by exam results.
The Croydon High Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Latin. Distinctive ‘Enterprise Technology’ curriculum encourages pupils to be designers of, rather than users of, technology. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs. In recent years the school has enjoyed national tournament success in science.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, drama and computer science throughout, and for art from Year 3.
Sport at Croydon High Junior School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. School Games Mark Gold accreditation.
The Arts at Croydon High 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. Three choirs, two orchestras and one or two instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.15am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Croydon High Junior School
Royal Russell Junior School (1.4 miles); Elmhurst School (2.4 miles); Warlingham Park School (2.4 miles).
Gresham Primary School (1 mile); Ridgeway Primary School and Nursery, South Croydon (1.3 miles); Beaumont Primary School, Purley (3.7 miles).
Croydon High School (0 miles); Royal Russell School (1.4 miles); Whitgift School (2.5 miles).
Riddlesdown Collegiate (2.3 miles); Harris Academy Purley (2.6 miles); Archbishop Tenison’s CofE High School (2.6 miles).