18-19 Brookside, Cambridge CB2 1JE
10 simple reasons to choose The Heritage Infant & Junior School
Independent prep school in Cambridge.
For pupils aged 4 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day school.
Religious character; Christian.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Junior division of The Heritage School, an all-through school to age 16.
Fees range from £2,910 (Rec) to £3,845 per term (2021/22).
10 better reasons to choose The Heritage Infant & Junior School
Schoolsmith Score®; 71.
One of the best independent prep schools in Cambridge and one of the 4 best primary schools for 0.5 miles.
On average, 17 pupils per class and 12.8 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Most pupils move up to the Heritage School at the end of Year 6.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum, emphasises Christian social morality, and also includes PSHE, French, Latin. Other differentiating aspects of the curriculum include an emphasis on knowledge acquisition ('knowledge-rich curriculum'), historical timelines, reading whole books, learning through narration and dictation, and delaying computing to Year 5. There are also some extra-curricular academic clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for most subjects in Year 6.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers. There is outdoor learning, including Forest School, for all pupils, weekly 'Nature Walks', and adventure residential trips from Year 4.
School offers over 5 different sports.
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 some take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir and a couple of instrument ensembles.
No wraparound care as such but, with clubs, the school day can run from 8.25am to 5.00pm.
Find another school near The Heritage Infant & Junior School
Independent Prep Schools
Stephen Perse Junior School Rosedale House (0.1 miles); Sancton Wood Pre-Prep and Prep School (0.4 miles); St Faith's School (0.6 miles).
State Primary Schools
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Cambridge (0.2 miles); Newnham Croft Primary School (0.9 miles); The Spinney Primary School (3 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Mander Portman Woodward, Cambridge (0 miles); The Heritage School (0 miles); The Stephen Perse Foundation (0.1 miles).
State Senior Schools
Parkside Community College (0.8 miles); Hills Road Sixth Form College (1 mile); Chesterton Community College (2.1 miles).