Nottingham High Infant and Junior School

Since 2025, Polly Bennett, previously head of prep at Highclare School in Birmingham since 2015 and before that, head of juniors at Derby Grammar School. She studied ancient history and archaeology at Liverpool University, followed by a PGCE from

The school is selective all the way through, though focus is on spotting potential. Main entry points are reception and year 3, and there’s growing interest in years 5 and 6 (note, late arrival doesn’t necessarily translate into a place at the senior

Nearly everyone to the senior school, after taking the entrance tests in English, maths and reasoning. Do they all pass? Almost always – 100 per cent in 2024. Does it worry the children anyway? ‘Yes, but they are good at preparing us.’

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Parents, for the most part, are strapping themselves in for the long haul, aiming for the the highly academic senior school. Largely made up of medics, university lecturers and business owners, they are an aspirational bunch. But what they also told

A happy school that stands out for championing individual talents and gets these boys and girls good and ready for the more academic senior school.