East Road, Oundle, Peterborough, Northamptonshire PE8 4BX
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Laxton Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 84. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Peterborough and one of the 2 best primary schools for 10 miles.
School fundamentals
Laxton Junior School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Oundle School, an all-through school to age 18. Laxton Junior School fees range from £4,985 (Rec) to £7,250 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Laxton Junior School has two classes per year and an average class size of 19 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, two thirds of pupils at Laxton Junior School move up to Oundle School, the senior school. Other pupils move on to one of the Stamford Endowed Schools, Oakham School, or Kimbolton School.
The Laxton Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish, Latin. 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. Forest School and Outdoor Learning for all pupils. Residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, computing, and languages throughout, for science and RE from Year 2, for art from Year 3, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Laxton Junior School
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in orienteering.
The Arts at Laxton Junior School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils, as is drama from Year 3. All pupils learn an instrument in class and 80% take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Laxton Junior School
The Peterborough School, Preparatory School (13.1 miles); Stamford Junior School (15.1 miles); St Peter’s School, Kettering (18 miles).
Elton Church of England Primary School (5.2 miles); Castor Church of England Primary School (12.7 miles); Cranford Church of England Primary School (12.9 miles).
Oundle School (0.4 miles); The Peterborough School (13.1 miles); Stamford School (15.2 miles).
Corby Technical School (10.5 miles); Brooke Weston Academy (13.4 miles); The King’s (The Cathedral) School (13.6 miles).