Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8AA
10 reasons to choose Stephen Perse Junior School Fitzwilliam Building
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Stephen Perse Junior School Fitzwilliam Building has a Schoolsmith Score® of 84. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Cambridge and one of the 3 best primary schools for 0.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Stephen Perse Junior School Fitzwilliam Building is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 months and 11 years. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of The Stephen Perse Foundation, an all-through school to age 18. Stephen Perse Junior School Fitzwilliam Building fees range from £5,885 (Rec) to £7,515 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Stephen Perse Junior School Fitzwilliam Building has two or three classes per year, and an average class size of 18 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Stephen Perse Junior School Fitzwilliam Building pupils move up to the Senior School at the end of Year 6.
The Stephen Perse Junior School Fitzwilliam Building curriculum
School curriculum looks and feels like the IB Primary Years Programme. It is characterised by the ‘Learning Wheel’ which links subject knowledge, skills, character, and learning skills. There is particular emphasis on learning skills, critical thinking, cross-curricular learning through to Year 6, and digital learning; it is an Apple Distinguished School. The curriculum also includes PSHEE, French, Spanish. Each pupil may participate in over 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 (‘Inspire Me’). Residential trips from Year 4.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, and languages throughout, and for computing, science, drama and art by Year 5.
Sport at Stephen Perse Junior School Fitzwilliam Building
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Stephen Perse Junior School Fitzwilliam Building
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, 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 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Stephen Perse Junior School Fitzwilliam Building
The Heritage Infant & Junior School (0.1 miles); Sancton Wood Pre-Prep and Prep School (0.5 miles); St Faith’s School (0.8 miles).
St Alban’s Catholic Primary School, Cambridge (0.1 miles); Newnham Croft Primary School (0.9 miles); The Spinney Primary School (3 miles).
The Stephen Perse Foundation (0 miles); Mander Portman Woodward, Cambridge (0.1 miles); The Heritage School (0.1 miles).
Parkside Community College (0.7 miles); Hills Road Sixth Form College (1 mile); Chesterton Community College (2 miles).