Perry Street, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 6LR
10 reasons to choose Farringtons Junior School
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Farringtons Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 78. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Chislehurst and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Farringtons Junior School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Methodist school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Farringtons School, an all-through school to age 18, and is a member of the Methodist Independent Schools Trust. Farringtons Junior School fees are £5,916 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Farringtons Junior School usually has two classes per year, sometimes three in Years 5 and 6, and an average class size of 14 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Farringtons Junior School pupils move up to the senior school at the end of Year 6.
The Farringtons Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. Subjects are taught separately, but as topics for the humanities. The curriculum emphasises Christian social morality and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different 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 5.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, art, DT and computing throughout, and for all subjects from Year 4.
Sport at Farringtons Junior School
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Farringtons Junior School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, orchestra and some instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.00am to 6.30pm.
Find another school near Farringtons Junior School
Benedict House Preparatory School (1.5 miles); West Lodge School (1.7 miles); Merton Court School (1.8 miles).
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Chislehurst (0.5 miles); St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary Academy (0.8 miles); St George’s Church of England Primary School, Bickley (2.3 miles).
Farringtons School (0 miles); Babington House School (2 miles); Bromley High School (2 miles).
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (2.2 miles); Bullers Wood School (2.3 miles); St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School (2.7 miles).