Badminton Junior School A GSG School
- Badminton Junior School
Westbury Road
Westbury-on-Trym
Bristol
BS9 3BA - Head: Ms Heidi Welch
- T 01179 055271
- F 01179 623049
- E admissions@badmintonschool.co.uk
- W www.badmintonschool.co.uk/
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 3 to 11 with a linked senior school
- Read about the best schools in Bristol
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Bristol
- Pupils: 130
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: Day £11,580 - £13,260; Boarding £26,400 pa
- Open days: See website for details
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Badminton School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Housed in a well-kept building, the junior school has its own garden and a play area known as ‘the rough patch’, with a lime green buddy bench suggested by the pupils themselves. We visited on a sunny May afternoon and the place buzzed with energy – nursery children trooping into their ballet lesson in pale blue tutus, pupils chatting animatedly in the library and others scrambling across the adventure playground...
What the school says...
Badminton Junior School is a warm and friendly school where the girls have an excellent academic grounding and lots of opportunities to speak languages, participate in music and enjoy a variety of sports. Girls here enjoy lots of outdoor play in the extensive adventure playground and on Friday afternoons enjoy a range of activities including horse-riding, orienteering and street dance which change on a termly basis. There are many opportunities for music, drama and dance performance and a range of clubs and activities which take place during break times, lunch and after School. Girls can board from Year 5 upwards and there is a fabulous Junior Boarding House. ...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
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head of Junior School
Since 2021, Heidi Welch MSc PGCE, previously assistant head of Bristol Grammar School. Educated at Watford Grammar School for Girls and Loughborough University, where she read sport and exercise science. Worked as a personal fitness trainer for five years and set up her own company before doing her teacher training at the University of Warwick. A vastly experienced head, she has taught at Alderley Edge School for Girls and Stockport Grammar School, was head of juniors at Norman Court Prep School and head of juniors and pre-prep at Walhampton. She’s a member of Badminton’s senior leadership team and works closely with the senior school head.
Warm and enthusiastic, she’s passionate about ensuring that every child reaches their full academic potential and still finds time to teach some...
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Special Education Needs
The Junior School provides specialist support for SEN pupils which takes places either in lessons or on a one-to-one basis. Every pupil is given the support that they require to enable them to access the curriculum effectively and successfully.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| 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 | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | Y |
| 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 |
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