Drax, Selby, North Yorkshire YO8 8NL
10 reasons to choose Read Junior School
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Read Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 79. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Selby and one of the 2 best primary schools for 10 miles.
School fundamentals
Read Junior School is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. Boarding from Year 4 for the very small number of pupils who board. 80% are full boarders and 20% are weekly or flexi boarders. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Read School, an all-through school to age 18. Read Junior School fees range from £3,891 (Rec) to £5,327 per term (2025/26). Full boarding fees are £10,107 per term. Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Read Junior School has five classes, two mixed age, and an average class size of 12 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Read Junior School pupils move up to the senior school at the end of Year 6.
The Read Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish. Cross-curricular teaching, particularly from Reception to Year 2. 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. Residential trips for Years 3 to 6. Forest School for the youngest pupils.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, art and languages throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Read Junior School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Read Junior School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and some take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir and some instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.45am to 6.00pm. Occasional boarding facility. A contractor operates an onsite nursery for children ages 2 to 4 for 51 weeks of the year.
Find another school near Read Junior School
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Pollington-Balne Church of England Primary School (7.5 miles); Kellington Primary School (10.6 miles); Monk Fryston Church of England Primary School (13 miles).
Read School (0 miles); Queen Margaret’s School (14.4 miles); Ackworth School (20.1 miles).
Hungerhill School (17.7 miles); Fulford School (18.9 miles); The McAuley Catholic High School (19.6 miles).