158 Northgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 3QY
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Queen Elizabeth Grammar Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 83. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Wakefield and one of the 3 best primary schools for 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Queen Elizabeth Grammar Junior School is an independent prep day school for boys between the ages of 7 and 11 years. It is also a Choir School. It is a Christian school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, an all-through school to age 18. Queen Elizabeth Grammar Junior School fees range from £4,218 (Rec) to £4,453 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT but include lunches.
Average class size
Queen Elizabeth Grammar Junior School has three classes per year, and an average class size of 15 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Junior School pupils move up to Queen Elizabeth Grammar School.
The Queen Elizabeth Grammar Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, 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, Forest School to Year 4 and residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Queen Elizabeth Grammar Junior School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in athletics, rugby, swimming.
The Arts at Queen Elizabeth Grammar Junior School
QEGS Juniors educates the choristers of Wakefield Cathedral. 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 half take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Three choirs (in addition to the Cathedral choristers), 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 8.00am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Queen Elizabeth Grammar Junior School
Wakefield Girls’ High School, Junior School (0.2 miles); Silcoates School, Junior School (1.6 miles); Wakefield Independent Junior and Infant School (6.1 miles).
Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery School (2 miles); Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate (2.3 miles); St Peter’s & Clifton Church of England Primary School, Horbury (3.1 miles).
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (0.1 miles); Wakefield Girls’ High School (0.2 miles); Silcoates School (1.6 miles).
Wakefield City Academy (1.3 miles); Outwood Grange Academy (1.6 miles); Crofton Academy (4.1 miles).