The Junior Department of St Albans High School is run by a team of specialist staff with a progressive approach to primary education.
The curriculum provides both a good foundation in the basic areas of learning and plenty of stimulus to imagination and creative work.
The instinct for enquiry, natural to children of this age, is encouraged and developed through lively teaching methods and visits out of school. The curriculum, which is kept under review, includes all the subjects of the National Curriculum, though we retain an independent approach to testing. As a Christian school Religious Studies plays an important part, but the girls are made aware of and encouraged to discuss other religions and beliefs. There are thriving club activities, a Choir and Orchestra, and sports teams including netball, swimming, cross-country and athletics, compete against other schools in local competitions, and there is a Gymnastics Club and a Sports Acrobatics Club, as a joint venture with the Senior School.
Four new classrooms and a new library were added in 1995 and a Science Laboratory and two further rooms for technology and languages in 1996.
Pastoral care and individual attention are strong features of the school. Our aim throughout is to encourage habits of careful study, combined with an enjoyment of learning: to make each girl feel valued for her contribution to school life and to encourage initiative and a caring attitude towards others in and out of school.
