Cell Barnes Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 5QJ
10 reasons to choose Cunningham Hill Junior School
Top line
Cunningham Hill Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 73. It is one of the best state primary schools in St Albans and one of the 6 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Cunningham Hill Junior School is a state junior school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 7 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection.
Average class size
Cunningham Hill Junior School has two classes per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Cunningham Hill Junior School ranks in the top 10% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 36% of schools.
The Cunningham Hill Junior School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, enterprise skills, French. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. The school offers each child a handful of 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 Year 3. CHILL OUT (Cunningham Hill Independent Learning for Life) is a twice termly outdoor learning day.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for music and sport.
Sport at Cunningham Hill Junior School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Cunningham Hill Junior School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Two choirs and an orchestra. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 6.15pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Cunningham Hill Junior School
St Columba’s College Prep (2.2 miles); Manor Lodge School (4.2 miles); St Albans High School for Girls, Wheathampstead House Prep (5.7 miles).
Ss Alban and Stephen Catholic Primary School, St Albans (0.7 miles); Fleetville Junior School (0.9 miles); Maple Primary School (1.4 miles).
St Albans Independent College (1.3 miles); St Albans Independent College (1.3 miles); St Albans High School for Girls (1.5 miles).
Loreto College (1 mile); Loreto College (1 mile); Beaumont School (1.3 miles).