18-19 Brookside, Cambridge CB2 1JE
10 reasons to choose The Heritage Infant & Junior School
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The Heritage Infant & Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 71. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Cambridge and one of the 4 best primary schools for 0.5 miles.
School fundamentals
The Heritage Infant & Junior School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Christian school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of The Heritage School, an all-through school to age 16. The Heritage Infant & Junior School fees range from £4,214 (Rec) to £5,574 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
The Heritage Infant & Junior School has one class per year and an average class size of 16 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most pupils move up to the Heritage School at the end of Year 6.
The Heritage Infant & Junior School curriculum
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 may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
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.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for most subjects in Year 6.
Sport at The Heritage Infant & Junior School
School offers PE and a small range of sports. The emphasis is on fitness, exercise and health.
The Arts at The Heritage Infant & Junior School
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.
Wraparound care
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
Stephen Perse Junior School Fitzwilliam Building (0.1 miles); Sancton Wood Pre-Prep and Prep School (0.4 miles); St Faith’s School (0.6 miles).
St Alban’s Catholic Primary School, Cambridge (0.2 miles); Newnham Croft Primary School (0.9 miles); The Spinney Primary School (3 miles).
Mander Portman Woodward, Cambridge (0 miles); The Heritage School (0 miles); The Stephen Perse Foundation (0.1 miles).
Parkside Community College (0.8 miles); Hills Road Sixth Form College (1 mile); Chesterton Community College (2.1 miles).