London Road, Great Glen, Leicester LE8 9FL
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Leicester Grammar Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 83. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Leicester and one of the 7 best primary schools for 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Leicester Grammar Junior School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Christian school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Leicester Grammar School, an all-through school to age 18. Leicester Grammar Junior School fees range from £5,629 (Rec) to £5,981 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Leicester Grammar Junior School has three classes per year and an average class size of 19 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Leicester Grammar Junior School pupils move up to the senior school.
The Leicester Grammar Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHEE, French. 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, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for science from Year 3.
Sport at Leicester Grammar Junior School
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 orienteering.
The Arts at Leicester Grammar Junior School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the English curriculum and co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, orchestra and 8 instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Leicester Grammar Junior School
LGS Stoneygate, Prep and Pre-Prep (1.1 miles); Leicester High School for Girls, Juniors (3.4 miles); Leicester Preparatory School (4.3 miles).
Sparkenhoe Community Primary School (5.3 miles); Church Langton Church of England Primary School (5.4 miles); Humberstone Junior Academy (5.9 miles).
Leicester Grammar School (0 miles); Leicester High School for Girls (3.4 miles); St Crispin’s Grammar School (4.8 miles).
Beauchamp College (2 miles); Gartree High School Oadby (2.1 miles); Sir Jonathan North Community College (4.7 miles).