Compton Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV3 9RB
10 reasons to choose Wolverhampton Grammar Junior School
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Wolverhampton Grammar Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 80. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Wolverhampton and one of the 5 best primary schools for 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Wolverhampton Grammar Junior School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. The school has an academically selective admissions policy from Year 3. It is the junior division of Wolverhampton Grammar School, an all-through school to age 18, and is affiliated to the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Wolverhampton Grammar Junior School fees range from £4,528 (Rec) to £5,487 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Wolverhampton Grammar Junior School has one class per year to Year 2, rising to two, and an average class size of 18 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Junior School pupils move up to Wolverhampton Grammar School at the end of Year 6.
The Wolverhampton Grammar Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, French, German. Topic based curriculum for some foundation subjects to Year 2. Humanities from Year 3. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 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, languages throughout, and for science and geography from Year 5.
Sport at Wolverhampton Grammar 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 Wolverhampton Grammar 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 about a third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir and four instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.15pm.
Find another school near Wolverhampton Grammar Junior School
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St Stephen’s Church of England Primary School, Wolverhampton (1.7 miles); St Bartholomew’s Church of England Primary School, Penn (2.7 miles); St Christopher’s Catholic Primary School, Codsall (3.7 miles).
Wolverhampton Grammar School (0 miles); Tettenhall College (1.6 miles); Emmanuel School, Walsall (7.1 miles).
S.Peter’s Collegiate Church of England School (0.6 miles); Wolverhampton Girls’ High School (0.9 miles); The Royal School, Wolverhampton (1.4 miles).