High Street, Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 2LN
10 reasons to choose The Portsmouth Grammar Junior School
Main point of differentiation
The Portsmouth Grammar Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 85, and is the joint second highest scoring prep school in Portsmouth and Fareham. It is academically selective, and has the best achievement record in sport and the widest arts curriculum, including dance.
School fundamentals
The Portsmouth Grammar Junior School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 2.5 and 11 years. It is also a Choir School. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of The Portsmouth Grammar School, an all-through school to age 18. The Portsmouth Grammar Junior School fees range from £5,271 (Rec) to £5,964 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
The Portsmouth Grammar Junior School has three classes per year, and an average class size of 15 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Portsmouth Grammar Junior School pupils move up to the senior school at the end of Year 6.
The Portsmouth Grammar Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, philosophy, reasoning, French. It is thematic, or ‘connected’, making cross-curricular links between subjects. Technology taught as a design, textiles and cookery carousel from Year 3. 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 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, RE and languages throughout.
Sport at The Portsmouth Grammar 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. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in hockey, rounders, sailing.
The Arts at The Portsmouth Grammar Junior School
School educates the choristers of St Thomas’ Cathedral, Portsmouth. Art is a discrete curricular subject, as is music to Year 2. Two periods of performing arts (music, dance, and drama) per week for all pupils from Year 3. All pupils learn an instrument in class and two-thirds take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. 3 choirs (in addition to the Cathedral choristers), orchestra and several instrument ensembles including the touring Brass Band. Annual Music Celebration Week. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
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