Northampton High Junior School GDST

Since 2022, Emily Hair. State educated in Bedfordshire and had only worked in state schools prior to coming here. But, boy, was she fast-tracked. Kicking off her career at Grendon Underwood Combined School as an NQT she rose to acting deputy head,

From 2+ into nursery, with priority entry into reception – around 80 per cent move up. No assessment for reception places, but applicants for years 1 and 2 spend a morning at the school where they are informally assessed in a group setting. From year

In most years, virtually all move seamlessly along the corridor into the senior school. The rest either relocate or move to maintained schools, including grammar schools out of county – and there’s the occasional boarder. Girls take the same maths

Happy, perky girls are full of fun and confidence, but focus when they need to. There’s play-based learning in the early years, as you’d expect, while older girls start each lesson with an injection of fun, excitement and engagement – a real buzz of

The only all-girls, all-through school in the county, where the junior school gives girls a cracking start in their development towards becoming the leaders of tomorrow. Full of joy and energy, and masses of opportunity for girls to discover their