Green Lane, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Hampshire RG27 8DQ
10 reasons to choose Greenfields Junior School
Main point of differentiation
Greenfields Junior School is one of the best state primary schools in and around Hook, ranking in the top 15% in the country, with a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It also has one of the best arts and sports programmes among local primary schools.
School fundamentals
Greenfields Junior School is a state junior school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 7 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school is federated with Oakwood Infant School in the Green Oaks Federation. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2022) inspection.
Average class size
Greenfields Junior School usually has three classes per year, and an average class size of 27 pupils.
Exam results and leavers' destinations
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Greenfields Junior School achieves varied attainment scores, from the top 10% nationally to below the national average. By the same measure, progress scores have been variable around the national average, possibly reflecting different cohorts’ ability profiles. Most pupils go on to Robert Mays School at the end of Year 6. About 10% go on to an academically selective private & state school.
The Greenfields Junior School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects where appropriate. School uses the ‘Mantle of the Expert’ approach for topics. 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 a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Greenfields Junior School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Greenfields Junior School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir and orchestra. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 5.30pm provided by an external contractor on the school site.
Find another school near Greenfields Junior School
St Neot’s School (4.7 miles); St Nicholas’ School, Infants & Juniors/a> (5.2 miles); Yateley Manor School (5.2 miles).
Charles Kingsley’s Church of England Primary School (4 miles); Finchampstead Church of England Primary School (5.2 miles); Uplands Primary School (6.6 miles).
St Nicholas’ School, Fleet (5.2 miles); Farnborough Hill (7.3 miles).
Calthorpe Park School (3.1 miles); Court Moor School (4.1 miles); Robert May’s School (5.6 miles).