A small school
We have around 400 pupils, including:
Our nursery
90 boys and girls aged 2 - 4½ years. A brand new nursery building is opening on the campus in 2008. Nursery Teacher:Pupil ratio is 1-8 for 3-5 years and 1-5 for 2 years old.
The Junior School itself
About 315 children. We are very strongly of the belief that our compact size is the great strength of the school.
The school is large enough to offer a wide range of opportunities in many areas to our pupils, yet we are small enough for all the children become well known as people in their own right by all members of staff. The children feel that they belong to an intimate and supportive community.
Small classes
Unlike some other schools The Academy Junior School does not add full classes of new pupils further up the school. This means that new children joining the school at points other than Primary 1 year will fill in gaps which exist within current classes. Maximum class size is limited to 20 P1-4 and 22 P5 and 6. We have an overall teacher:pupil ratio of around 13 to 1, or under 9 to 1 if visiting teachers are included.
Our staff have all chosen to work in the primary sector and therefore are committed to delivering their own speciality to younger children.
Building on strengths
Moving forward
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P5 & P6 |
New & Old
However, traditional learning remains important, in order that sound knowledge and the ability to persevere can be developed even from an early stage. It is a mistake to become reliant upon machines at the expense of intellectual development. |
Our website
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Interested?
We can assure you that there will be a warm welcome waiting for you at Arboretum Road and we are always delighted to show off our school to visitors, former pupils and friends of the school.
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Looking forward to meeting you
We hope that nobody would hesitate to approach us, and we want to extend a special invitation to all who may be considering an independent school for the first time. All the staff and the pupils at the Edinburgh Academy Junior School look forward to meeting you at some time in the future. Caroline Bashford, Headteacher |
As each girl or boy continues the journey through the Junior School, each is able to move forward at the right pace, growing steadily in independence and in eagerness to question and to learn..jpg)
In the upper years of the Junior School, new tasks bring new levels of expectation. Personal attention from committed teachers identifies the abilities of each pupil. Each can then be supported and encouraged to make full use of those abilities.
New technologies give the pupils new opportunities for discovery. 
As you can see, The Junior School has its own website with sections dealing with its curriculum and extra-curricular activities, information, sport, after school care and nursery education. We hope that our website will answer many of your questions. In particular, you might like to consult the 
If you have been interested by what you have seen on our site, then please do take an opportunity to come and visit the school. .jpg)
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