Main Street, Humberstone, Leicester LE5 1AE
10 reasons to choose Humberstone Junior Academy
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Humberstone Junior Academy has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Leicester and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Humberstone Junior Academy is a state junior school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 7 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 2 members of Odyssey Educational Trust. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection.
Average class size
Humberstone Junior Academy has three 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 Humberstone Junior Academy ranks in the top 31% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress scores are around the national average.
The Humberstone Junior Academy curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, a camping trip for Years 4 and 5 and a residential trip for Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Humberstone Junior Academy
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 Humberstone Junior Academy
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.40am to 3.00pm, though after school clubs can extend the day to 4.15pm.
Find another school near Humberstone Junior Academy
St Crispin’s Preparatory School (2.8 miles); Leicester Preparatory School (3.2 miles); Leicester High School for Girls, Juniors (3.5 miles).
Sparkenhoe Community Primary School (2.6 miles); Inglehurst Junior School (3.6 miles); Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy, Leicester (4.4 miles).
St Crispin’s Grammar School (2.8 miles); Leicester High School for Girls (3.5 miles); Leicester Grammar School (5.9 miles).
Rushey Mead Academy (2 miles); Soar Valley College (2.1 miles); Sir Jonathan North Community College (4.1 miles).