Bramley Lane, Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX3 8JE
10 simple reasons to choose Hipperholme Grammar Junior School
Independent prep school and nursery in Hipperholme, Halifax.
For pupils aged 3 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Junior division of Hipperholme Grammar School, an all-through school to age 16.
Hipperholme Grammar Junior School fees are £3,470 per term (2022/23).
10 better reasons to choose Hipperholme Grammar Junior School
Schoolsmith Score®; 73.
One of the best independent prep schools in Halifax and one of the 14 best primary schools for 5 miles.
On average, 16 pupils per class and 12 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 6, most Junior School pupils move up to Hipperholme Grammar School.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, German. Topic-based cross-curricular teaching to Year 2. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for art and science from Year 3.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers.
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and some take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir and one or two instrument ensembles. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm. Minibus service.
Find another school near Hipperholme Grammar Junior School
Independent Prep Schools
The Gleddings Preparatory School (4.8 miles); The Mount School, Huddersfield (6.7 miles); Huddersfield Grammar School, Prep & Pre-Prep (7.3 miles).
State Primary Schools
Salterlee Primary School (1.7 miles); Woodhouse Primary School (3.1 miles); St John's Church of England Primary Academy, Clifton (3.3 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Hipperholme Grammar School (0.4 miles); Huddersfield Grammar School (7.3 miles).
State Senior Schools
The Crossley Heath School (3.7 miles); Trinity Academy, Halifax (4.3 miles); The North Halifax Grammar School (4.8 miles).