2 St John's Square, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 2QX
10 reasons to choose Wakefield Girls' High School, Junior School
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Wakefield Girls’ High School, Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 80. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Wakefield and one of the 3 best primary schools for 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Wakefield Girls’ High School, Junior School is an independent prep day school for girls between the ages of 7 and 11 years. It is a Christian school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Wakefield Girls’ High School, an all-through school to age 18. Wakefield Girls’ High School, Junior School fees range from £4,218 (Rec) to £4,453 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT but include lunches.
Average class size
Wakefield Girls’ High School, Junior School has three classes per year, and an average class size of 13 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Junior School pupils move up to Wakefield Girls’ High School at the end of Year 6.
The Wakefield Girls' High School, Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French. 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, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for computing from Year 3.
Sport at Wakefield Girls' High School, Junior School
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 Wakefield Girls' High School, 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 two-thirds take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Two choirs, 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 8.00am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Wakefield Girls' High School, Junior School
Queen Elizabeth Grammar Junior School (0.2 miles); Silcoates School, Junior School (1.6 miles); Wakefield Independent Junior and Infant School (6.3 miles).
Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery School (2.2 miles); Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate (2.3 miles); St Peter’s & Clifton Church of England Primary School, Horbury (3 miles).
Wakefield Girls’ High School (0.2 miles); Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (0.3 miles); Silcoates School (1.6 miles).
Wakefield City Academy (1.5 miles); Outwood Grange Academy (1.7 miles); Crofton Academy (4.3 miles).