Wentworth Street, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 2QS
10 reasons to choose Queen Elizabeth's School, Wakefield, Junior Section
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Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wakefield, Junior Section has a Schoolsmith Score® of 86. 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’s School, Wakefield, Junior Section is an independent prep day school for boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It also educates the Choristers of Wakefield Cathedral. 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’s School, an all-through school to age 18, formed from the merger of Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar, Wakefield Girls’ High, and Wakefield Grammar Pre-Prep. Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wakefield, Junior Section fees range from £5,060 (Rec) to £5,588 per term (2026/27). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wakefield, Junior Section has two classes per year rising to four or five, and an average class size of 18 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most pupils move up to the senior division of Queen Elizabeth’s School.
The Queen Elizabeth's School, Wakefield, Junior Section 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's School, Wakefield, Junior Section
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's School, Wakefield, Junior Section
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 two-thirds take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Five 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.
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