Merry Hill Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire WD23 1DT
10 reasons to choose St Margaret's School, Junior School
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St Margaret’s School, Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 79. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Bushey and one of the 5 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
St Margaret’s School, Junior School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (30%/70%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of St Margaret’s School, an all-through school to age 18. St Margaret’s School, Junior School fees range from £5,993 (Rec) to £7,404 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
St Margaret’s School, Junior School has two or three classes per year and an average class size of 17 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6 most Junior School pupils move up to St Margaret’s School, Bushey.
The St Margaret's School, Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, STEM, French, Spanish, Mandarin. ‘Enrichment Time’ every day in Years 4-6 includes academic booster classes, woodland walks, and public speaking. 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, bushcraft skills in Years 4 to 6 and a residential trip in Year 6. Outdoor learning for all year groups for science, geography or performance poetry in the school’s woods.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, drama and music throughout, languages from Year 3, for food technology in Year 4, and for computing and art from Year 5.
Sport at St Margaret's School, Junior School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Margaret's School, Junior School
Art, drama, and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, orchestra and some instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near St Margaret's School, Junior School
Longwood School (1.8 miles); Haberdashers’ Girls’ School, Juniors (3.4 miles).
Bushey Heath Primary School (1.2 miles); Hartsbourne Primary School (1.3 miles); Field Junior School (2 miles).
St Margaret’s School, Bushey (0 miles); Immanuel College (1.4 miles); Purcell School (2.5 miles).
Queens’ School (2 miles); Watford Grammar School for Girls (2.1 miles); Watford Grammar School for Boys (3 miles).