St Andrews, Fife KY16 9QJ
10 simple reasons to choose St Leonards Junior School
Independent prep school in St Andrews.
For pupils aged 5 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day and boarding school. Less than 5% of pupils board, 50% are full boarders and 50% are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 6.
Not a school of religious character.
Academically selective admissions policy.
Medium sized school with an average of two classes per year.
Junior division of St Leonards School, an all-through school to age 18.
St Leonards Junior School fees range from £3,280 (Rec) to £5,000 per term (2021/22). Full boarding fees range from £8,114 to £9,863 per term.
10 better reasons to choose St Leonards Junior School
Schoolsmith Score®; 81.
One of the best independent prep schools in Fife and the best primary school for 10 miles.
On average, 14.2 pupils per class and 10.7 pupils per teacher, from Primary 1.
At the end of Primary 7 most Junior pupils move up to St Leonard's School.
School follows the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) and the first year of the Middle Years Programme. Half-termly combined 'units of inquiry' draw the academic strands together. Curriculum also includes PSHE, French, Spanish, Latin. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, art, drama, and languages throughout.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, as well as outdoor learning. Residential trip in P6.
Four PE and games sessions per week. School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Primary 3.
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 from P3. Three choirs, an orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near St Leonards Junior School
Independent Prep Schools
High School of Dundee, Junior School (13.6 miles); Kilgraston Junior School (28.1 miles); Craigclowan Preparatory School (29.8 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
St Leonards School (0 miles); High School of Dundee (13.6 miles); Osborne House School (22.1 miles).