Farewell Hall, South Road, Durham DH1 3TB
10 reasons to choose Durham High School for Girls, Junior House
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Durham High School for Girls, Junior House has a Schoolsmith Score® of 79. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Durham and one of the 2 best primary schools for 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Durham High School for Girls, Junior House is an independent prep day school for girls between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Durham High School for Girls, an all-through school to age 18. Durham High School for Girls, Junior House fees range from £3,833 +VAT (Rec) to £4,232 +VAT per term (2024/25).
Average class size
Durham High School for Girls, Junior House has one class per year and an average class size of 17 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Junior House pupils move up to Durham High School.
The Durham High School for Girls, Junior House curriculum
School curriculum follows the National Curriculum with topic based teaching linking geography, history, science, art, DT, computing and music in pre-prep. The curriculum also includes PSHE, French. 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 for the oldest pupils.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for science from Year 5.
Sport at Durham High School for Girls, Junior House
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 Durham High School for Girls, Junior House
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the English curriculum and the extra-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, orchestra and some instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near Durham High School for Girls, Junior House
The Chorister School (2.3 miles); Argyle House School, Infants & Juniors (13.6 miles).
St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, Durham (1.9 miles); Shincliffe Church of England Primary School (3 miles); St Godric’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Durham (3.5 miles).
Durham High School for Girls (0 miles); Durham School (1.5 miles); Argyle House School (13.6 miles).
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School (2.1 miles); St Leonard’s Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Comprehensive School (2.4 miles); Framwellgate School Durham (3.3 miles).