Wimbledon High Junior School A GSG School
- Wimbledon High Junior School
Mansel Road,
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4AB - Head: Claire Boyd
- T 020 8971 0902
- E info.juniors@wim.gdst.net
- W www.wimbledonhigh.gdst.net/
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 4 to 11 with a linked senior school.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Merton
- Pupils: 336
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £17,997 pa
- Open days: See website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: Wimbledon High School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
New philosophy-led curriculum, ‘Adventum,' challenges the girls to tackle the big questions and important texts. ‘Experientia’ is an academic enrichment layer for year 3 onward addressing current topics that ‘tap into the zeitgeist,' like fake news or whether artists should be covered by the government’s covid furlough scheme. Several parents told us they chose the school, above others of its ilk, because of its ‘warmth’. Nowhere is there a feeling of pressure, but these girls are definitely...
What the school says...
Wimbledon High Juniors is an academically selective school offering a truly creative curriculum. We harness children's natural curiosity and imagination, allowing our pupils to make connections between different subjects and thereby promoting independent learning. Small enough to know and care for your daughter, we benefit from being part of a bigger whole, offering first rate facilities: our own swimming pool, performing arts centre, specialist teaching rooms for science, ICT, design and technology, art and music. We have a sports centre and netball court on site; our all-weather playing fields are a ten-minute walk away. With a range of exciting extra-curricular opportunities outside the classroom, your daughter will thrive, and the self-confidence she gains will be excellent preparation for the next stage of her education at 11. ...Read more
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Other features
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.
Sports
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2019, Claire Boyd, previously head of another GDST London primary, Sydenham High Junior. Before that head of lower school and on the senior leadership team of Ravenscourt Park Prep, so considerable experience teaching every level of junior education. She has a politics degree from Royal Holloway College and a PGCE from Roehampton. She breezed into Wimbledon High with boundless energy and a passion for girls’ education. But just one term into her tenure, Covid lockdown brought many of her plans to a grinding halt. Has nonetheless succeeded in thoroughly revamping the school’s curriculum and applying a new broom, both literally and metaphorically. ‘We Marie Kondoed the school,’ she says. ‘We cleaned, pared down, peeled back. We want to avoid sensory overload and we don’t need classrooms stuffed full of things.’
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Special Education Needs
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | Y |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | Y |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| PD - Physical Disability | Y |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment | Y |
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