Year 3 - Year 6
In the junior school, we embrace the values of Kindness, Honesty, and Fun; qualities that foster a nurturing and engaging environment for your child to flourish and excel in.
Kindness is the integral thread that holds everything else together. At Freemen's, our community, from children to parents and teachers has forged its culture to ensure all are supported, valued, motivated, and working together harmoniously. As we all know, it takes a village to raise a child but it takes kindness to empower young people to aim for the starts.
Honesty, a cornerstone of our ethos, is crucial for personal growth and learning. Encouraging integrity helps our pupils make wise and measured decisions, whilst learning to take responsibility for their actions. These are the qualities of courageous learners, future leaders and great friends.
Finally, Fun is an essential part of our school life, ensuring that our activities not only align with our principles of kindness and honesty but are also enjoyable. We believe fun has to be for all. There is always plenty of fun to be had in learning at Freemen's but not just in the classroom. We pride ourselves on the celebration of the fun in the experience not just the outcome.
What do you think?
We won’t rush your child through the curriculum. We want them to have a steady education with depth and breadth, so that they have solid foundations on which to build upon when they progress up into the Senior School.
One of the first questions your child will be challenged with when joining the Junior School is ‘What do you think?’. There is a banner in every single classroom, because it is a great way to develop your child’s resilience, to get them to think for themselves and to draw out their ideas and thoughts.
There are no exams to progress up into the Senior School, meaning your child can focus on thriving in a welcoming, flexible and secure learning environment.
There are so many people around to talk to in the Junior School in an environment of kindness, honest and fun.
Find out more about pastoral care and wellbeing at Freemen's.
The purpose-built Junior School is warm and comfortable and provides a safe base for your child, as they explore the wider campus and its impressive swimming pool, sports facility and music department, as well as the all-important play areas. Importantly, as they discover Freemen’s, your child will come into contact with older, experienced pupils, who will become important role models to them.
We are passionate about co-education, and have been since our foundation. Our classes have approximately 20 pupils and come from a broad range of feeder schools and backgrounds. We mix up classes every year so that new pupils are made to feel part of the group straight away. When new children arrive they are each given a buddy, a child in their class who knows the school well to help them settle.
