Dalton Terrace, York, North Yorkshire YO24 4DD
10 reasons to choose The Mount Junior School
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The Mount Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 80. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around York and one of the 6 best primary schools for 2 miles.
School fundamentals
The Mount Junior School is an independent prep day school for girls between the ages of 2 and 11 years. It has a co-ed nursery and will become co-ed throughout, starting from Sep 2024 with Reception. It is a Quaker school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of The Mount School, an all-through school to age 18. The Mount Junior School fees range from £2,940 (Rec) to £4,470 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
The Mount Junior School is a small school, with mixed-age classes, and an average class size of 19.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Junior School pupils move up to The Mount School, York.
The Mount Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, French, German. It is a ‘creative curriculum’ throughout, with combined topics across science, humanities and the arts. 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. Residential trips and camp-outs from Year 2.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout.
Sport at The Mount 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 The Mount Junior School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the creative curriculum and the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and up to half 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 6.30pm.
Find another school near The Mount Junior School
St Peter’s 2-8 and 8-13 (1.4 miles); York Steiner School (1.9 miles); Bootham Junior School (1.9 miles).
Archbishop of York’s Church of England Junior School (2.8 miles); Naburn Church of England Primary School (4.6 miles); Tadcaster Primary Academy (8.6 miles).
The Mount School, York (0 miles); Bootham School (1.2 miles); St Peter’s School, York (1.4 miles).
All Saints RC School (0.3 miles); Fulford School (2.5 miles); Archbishop Holgate’s School, A Church of England Academy (2.6 miles).