6 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 7EB
10 simple reasons to choose St Mary's Junior School
Independent prep school and nursery in Cambridge.
For pupils aged 3 to 11 years.
Girls' school.
Day and boarding school. Less than 5% of pupils board, 94% are full boarders and 6% are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 5.
Religious character; Roman Catholic.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Junior division of St Mary's School, an all-through school to age 18.
Fees range from £3,751 (Rec) to £5,177 per term (2021/22). Full boarding fees are £11,471 per term.
10 better reasons to choose St Mary's Junior School
Schoolsmith Score®; 81.
One of the best independent prep schools in Cambridge and one of the 6 best primary schools for 1 mile.
On average, 20 pupils per class and 12.3 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 6, most Junior School pupils move up to St Mary's School, Cambridge.
School uses a thematic or 'creative' curriculum based on the National Curriculum, for all year groups, linking science, geography, history, art, and music to a half-termly theme. The curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHEE, reasoning, STEM, French, Mandarin. Use of 'High Performance Learning' methods to help girls develop their thinking skills and learning behaviours. There is a small number of academic clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers. Residential trips from Year 4. All school year groups participate in a Woodlands Explorers programme.
School offers over 10 different sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 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 Year 3. Choir, orchestra, and one or two instrument ensembles. Over 5 different visual and performing arts clubs per year group per term.
Wraparound care from 7.15am to 6.00pm. Older girls can stay to 8.30pm at the boarding house. School minibus service.
Find another school near St Mary's Junior School
Independent Prep Schools
St Faith's School (0.4 miles); The Perse Prep, Pre-Prep & Nursery (0.7 miles); The Heritage Infant & Junior School (0.8 miles).
State Primary Schools
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Cambridge (0.9 miles); Newnham Croft Primary School (1.4 miles); The Spinney Primary School (3.2 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
St Mary's School, Cambridge (0.7 miles); The Leys School (0.8 miles); Mander Portman Woodward, Cambridge (0.8 miles).
State Senior Schools
Hills Road Sixth Form College (1.1 miles); Parkside Community College (1.5 miles); St Bede's Inter-Church School (2.4 miles).