Wellington Road, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 6BL
10 reasons to choose Withington Girls' Junior School
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Withington Girls’ Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 82. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Manchester and one of the 4 best primary schools for 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Withington Girls’ Junior School is an independent prep day school for girls between the ages of 7 and 11 years. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Withington Girls’ School, an all-through school to age 18. Withington Girls’ Junior School fees are £4,756 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Withington Girls’ Junior School has two classes per year and an average class size of 20 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Junior School girls move up to Withington Girls’ School at the end of Year 6.
The Withington Girls' Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHCE, Thinking & Learning Skills, French, German, Latin. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 3. School has Eco Schools Green Flag accreditation.
Specialist teaching
Form teachers teach English and maths. Specialist teachers for all other subjects.
Sport at Withington Girls' Junior School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Withington Girls' Junior School
Art, music, drama and dance are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and two-thirds take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir, string orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 5.15pm.
Find another school near Withington Girls' Junior School
Manchester High School for Girls, Preparatory School (0.8 miles); Moor Allerton Preparatory School (1.6 miles); The Manchester Grammar School, Junior School (1.9 miles).
St Paul’s Church of England Primary School, Withington (0.5 miles); Acacias Community Primary School (1.1 miles); Green End Primary School (1.5 miles).
Withington Girls’ School (0 miles); Manchester High School for Girls (0.8 miles); Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys (1.6 miles).
William Hulme’s Grammar School (1.5 miles); Trinity CofE High School (2.2 miles); Loreto College (2.5 miles).