28 Castle Street, Hereford HR1 2NW
10 reasons to choose Hereford Cathedral Junior School
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Hereford Cathedral Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 81. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Hereford and one of the 2 best primary schools for 10 miles.
School fundamentals
Hereford Cathedral Junior School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is also a Choir School. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy from Year 3. It is the junior division of Hereford Cathedral School, an all-through school to age 18. Hereford Cathedral Junior School fees range from £3,919 (Rec) to £5,447 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Hereford Cathedral Junior School has one class per year to Year 2, two from Year 3, and an average class size of 16 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Junior School pupils move up to Hereford Cathedral School.
The Hereford Cathedral Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, 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 a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, art, DT and computing throughout.
Sport at Hereford Cathedral 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 Hereford Cathedral Junior School
School educates the choristers of Hereford Cathedral. Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs (as well as the Cathedral choristers), orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The Junior Choir is a perennial winner in national choral competitions. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 5.30pm. Minibus service.
Find another school near Hereford Cathedral Junior School
Lucton Prep & Middle Schools (18.3 miles); Haberdashers’ Monmouth Prep School (18.5 miles).
Holmer Church of England Academy (1.5 miles); Little Dewchurch Primary School (6.5 miles); Ashperton Primary Academy (10.9 miles).
Hereford Cathedral School (0 miles); Haberdashers’ Monmouth School (18 miles); Lucton School (18.3 miles).
Hereford Sixth Form College (1 mile); St Mary’s RC High School (2.6 miles); Kingstone High School (6.9 miles).