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King’s Ely, Junior School and Acremont, CB7

Barton Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4DB

King's Ely, Junior School and Acremont, CB7

10 simple reasons to choose King's Ely, Junior School and Acremont

Independent prep school and nursery in Ely.
For pupils aged 2 to 13 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day and boarding school. Around 10% of pupils board, all are full boarders. Boarding starts from Year 3.
Religious character; Church of England.
Choir school. Non-selective admissions policy. Choristers selected on singing ability.
Large school with an average of three classes per year.
Junior division of The King's School Ely, an all-through school to age 18.
King's Ely, Junior School and Acremont fees range from £3,869 (Rec) to £5,964 per term (2022/23). Full boarding fees range from £8,756 to £9,246 per term.

10 better reasons to choose King's Ely, Junior School and Acremont

Schoolsmith Score®; 88.
One of the best independent prep schools in Ely and one of the 3 best primary schools for 10 miles.
On average, 15.6 pupils per class and 10.3 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Most Acremont pupils move up to King's Ely Junior School. And the majority of Junior School pupils move up to Senior School at the end of Year 8.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum. It is thematic to Year 5, linking humanities, English, science, music, art, drama, and DT within a 'creative curriculum'. The curriculum also includes PSHE, French, Spanish, German, Latin. The school addresses character education by promoting the 'Learning Habits' of resilience, creativity and curiosity, collaboration, and reflection. Each pupil may participate in over 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, for science, drama, art, DT from Year 5, and for most subjects from Year 7.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers. Residential field, sport and music trips from Year 4.
School offers over 20 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and an extensive extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in golf.
School educates the boy and girl choristers of Ely Cathedral. Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and the majority take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. There is a choir for each year group and over 10 instrument ensembles. The Chamber choir, concert band and jazz band tour overseas. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm at Acremont, 7.15am to 7.30pm at the Junior School. Occasional boarding facility.

Find another school near King's Ely, Junior School and Acremont

Independent Prep Schools

Day: Fairstead House School (12.9 miles); Whitehall School (15.5 miles); St John's College School, Cambridge (16.4 miles). Boarding: St John's College School, Cambridge (16.4 miles); King's College School, Cambridge (16.7 miles).

State Primary Schools

Little Thetford Church of England Primary School (2.8 miles); Histon and Impington Brook Primary School (14.2 miles); Oakington Church of England Primary School (14.6 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Day: King's Ely (0.2 miles); The Stephen Perse Foundation (16.6 miles); Sancton Wood Senior School (16.7 miles). Boarding: King's Ely (0.2 miles); The Leys School (16.7 miles); St Mary's School, Cambridge (16.8 miles).

State Senior Schools

Soham Village College (5.9 miles); Cromwell Community College (11.3 miles); Cottenham Village College (11.9 miles).

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