City of London Freemen's School, Junior School

Junior School

Year 3 to Year 8

The Junior School is a vibrant sea of colour and activity, where our three main disciplines are discussed, repeated and reinforced. Kindness is the priority – if everybody (adults and children alike) is kind to everybody else then the School functions well. Honesty is expected from everybody at all times – on occasion home truths have to be shared between parents, children and staff, but because they are shared in an environment of kindness, all is well. And finally, fun is to be had at all times (provided it’s enjoyed in a kind and honest way). And there’s a lot of fun to be had in the Junior School at Freemen’s.

Freemen’s primary school children can enjoy life like real children. I think it is a very healthy environment.

Freemen's Parent quoted in The Good Schools Guide

Being co-educational doesn’t just mean that the 400 Junior School places are divided 50:50 between boys and girls. We are passionate about co-education and encourage all our pupils, whatever their skills and interests, to participate fully in School life. Boys and girls co-exist and flourish as they have done since the School’s foundation, enthused by a highly-skilled and passionate team of staff, enhanced by the quality of the pastoral care and extended by the wide-ranging co-curricular activities on offer. All of these factors contribute significantly to the all-round excellent standards achieved by so many of our pupils.

There is one very practical benefit of joining the Junior School – when it comes to moving into the Senior School, there are no additional examinations and no requirement to complete the Common Entrance tests. By the time pupils have moved through the Junior School we know them well, there is no need for additional hurdles. The pupils also know what will be expected of them and so we have the confidence that they will go on to enhance the excellent record of academic success enjoyed by the Senior School and Sixth Form.

In the Junior School there is an air of purpose, and a warm relationship between the children and adults. This rapport is what most strikes our visitors. It is this harmonious atmosphere that feeds into our belief that if children are happy and confident, they will learn happily and confidently, and ultimately make a success of themselves and develop into a fully-rounded people. The pupils in the Junior School are happy but they are also articulate, engaging, courteous, caring individuals who are developing their self-confidence.

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