Hymers College Junior School A GSG School
- Hymers College Junior School
Hymers Avenue
Hull
HU3 1LW - Head: Mr Peter Doyle
- T 01482 441211
- F 01482 472854
- E enquiries@hymers.org
- W www.hymerscollege.co.uk/
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 8 to 11 with a linked senior school
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Kingston Upon Hull
- Pupils: 231
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £11,868 - £12,546 pa
- Open days: April and October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: Hymers College, Hymers Hessle Mount
What The Good Schools Guide says..
This school’s inclusive approach also extends to drama and sport. Recent productions have included Hoodwinked and the Lion King and are performed in the superb theatre at Hymers College. In sport the whole year group gets the chance to play in fixtures. But while pupils we met raved about their sporting opportunities and facilities, both boys and girls would like the…
What the school says...
Entrance examinations consist of: 8 & 9 - maths, reading, comprehension & reasoning including an interview. 11 - English, Maths & VR including an interview prior to examination.
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head of the junior school
Since 2010, Peter Doyle BSc PGCE (50s). Read economics at Bristol then spent four years in industry. Followed family vocation by doing PGCE at Hull, followed by teaching in state primary schools in the home counties before moving to Stamford Bridge Primary as deputy head. He was deputy head here at Hymers for three years before being appointed as head. A modest, sensible chap. It’s obvious from his demeanour, pride in the school and easy interactions with pupils that he models the school’s CARE code (care, acceptance, respect, effort) in all he does and in his expectations of staff and pupils alike. ‘Find something a child can hang their hat on and be successful in and then they will be more supportive of each other,’ he told us, adding that...
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