Rowledge, Farnham, Surrey GU10 4EA
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Frensham Heights Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 80. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Farnham and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Frensham Heights 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 Frensham Heights School, an all-through school to age 18. Frensham Heights Junior School fees range from £3,100 (Rec) to £5,510 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Frensham Heights Junior School has one class per year rising to two from Year 4 or 5, and an average class size of 14 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6 almost all Junior School pupils move up to Frensham Heights Middle School.
The Frensham Heights Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It employs a thematic curriculum, or ‘topic’ for geography, history, RE, and any other relevant subject for all year groups. Curriculum also includes PSME, reasoning, French, Spanish, German. The school’s values and culture emphasise democracy, collaboration, problem solving, and ‘learning by doing’. Pupils and teachers are on first name terms and there is no school uniform. 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 and visiting speakers. Forest School to Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, dance and drama throughout.
Sport at Frensham Heights 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 Frensham Heights Junior School
Art, music, dance, and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, orchestra and several 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 Frensham Heights Junior School
Edgeborough School (1.2 miles); Barfield School (5.1 miles); St Edmund’s School, Prep & Pre-Prep School, Hindhead (7.7 miles).
Rowledge Church of England Primary School (1 mile); South Farnham School (2.9 miles); St Polycarp’s Catholic Primary School, Farnham (3.3 miles).
Frensham Heights School (0 miles); St Edmund’s School, Hindhead (7.7 miles); St Nicholas’ School, Fleet (7.7 miles).
Weydon School (2.2 miles); All Hallows Catholic School (5.2 miles); Woolmer Hill School (8.1 miles).