Bramley Lane, Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX3 8JE
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Hipperholme Grammar Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 73. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Halifax and one of the 14 best primary schools for 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Hipperholme Grammar Junior School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Hipperholme Grammar School, an all-through school to age 16. Hipperholme Grammar Junior School fees are £4,596 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Hipperholme Grammar Junior School has one class per year and an average class size of 16 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Junior School pupils move up to Hipperholme Grammar School.
The Hipperholme Grammar Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, German. Topic-based cross-curricular teaching to Year 2. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for art and science from Year 3.
Sport at Hipperholme Grammar 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 Hipperholme Grammar Junior School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and some take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir and one or two instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm. Minibus service.
Find another school near Hipperholme Grammar Junior School
The Gleddings Preparatory School (4.8 miles); The Mount School, Huddersfield (6.7 miles); Huddersfield Grammar School, Prep & Pre-Prep (7.3 miles).
Salterlee Primary School (1.7 miles); Woodhouse Primary School (3.1 miles); St John’s Church of England Primary Academy, Clifton (3.3 miles).
Hipperholme Grammar School (0.4 miles); Huddersfield Grammar School (7.3 miles).
The Crossley Heath School (3.7 miles); Trinity Academy, Halifax (4.3 miles); The North Halifax Grammar School (4.8 miles).