Welcome to the
Junior
School
“Across NHEHS, we offer exceptional educational opportunities for girls of all ages, from Reception through to Sixth Form. All girls, whatever their age, benefit from our ‘no either-or’ ethos, where academic ambition happily coexists with a supportive and empowering atmosphere.”
Stimulating young minds
As they join our Junior School, we help young girls to fall in love with learning. We build on their natural curiosity and interests, through a carefully balanced programme of structured learning alongside creative exploration. Skilful guidance and exposure to a broad range of thought-provoking experiences enable our girls to thrive and excel.
Our integrated curriculum encourages young minds to look at a given topic from multiple viewpoints. As teachers, we know this leads to deeper understanding and prepares children for their future, but for the girls it simply means being immersed in a topic and the joy of becoming experts. This approach is complemented by specialist teaching in Science, Music, Sport and Languages, often in bespoke spaces within the Junior and Senior Schools.
Creating a warm, friendly culture
We pride ourselves on building the foundations that are central to an enjoyable and successful life in school, and beyond. When children are happy, confident and excited by challenges, they can make the most of the opportunities available to them and achieve their potential. It is why we put so much effort into creating a warm, supportive and friendly culture. Our girls literally skip into school, happy to be here and keen to see what the day will bring.
We help them to articulate their own ideas in an encouraging setting, where kindness to others is expected and highly valued. This creates a culture where girls feel safe to express themselves and explore ideas together. It builds an even deeper love of learning, and better understanding of people, as well as subjects.
“Pupils develop high levels of self-knowledge, self-esteem, self-confidence, self-discipline, and resilience.”
Adding breadth and depth
Beyond a wide-ranging timetable, we offer a vast array of in-school and after-school clubs. These add to the breadth of experiences that girls can sample during their time with us.
By the time girls move up to the Senior School, their love of learning has become part of who they are. And part of who they will be next.
I look forward to welcoming you at one of our Open Days.
—Ms K Bevan
Head of Junior School
Our New Junior School
In November we unveiled a new building for our Junior School students. This inspiring design provides a state-of-the-art learning environment for our Junior girls as they begin their education with us, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and significantly enhanced landscaping to enable external play and exploration.
Junior School, Year 6
“NHEHS is a big home, full of friends and my second family. It means a place where we can have fun, learn and laugh.”
“One of the most important things I have learned is how to make friends and speak out loud as that used to be a small fear of mine.”
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Discover what life is really like at Notting Hill & Ealing Junior School and visit us on an Open Day.
There’ll be a tour with Year 6 students and you’ll hear from our Head of Junior School Ms Bevan. Plus you can have a tour of the Senior School too.
Book an Open Day place for entry in 2026 by clicking the link in our bio.
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On Friday, pupils came to school dressed in their cosiest outfits to raise money for Battersea Cats and Dogs home. In the lead up to Cosy Day, pupils were encouraged to do chores at home and donate their earnings by bringing in cash or via the SuperKind fundraising page. The School Council voted on the fundraising activity and pupils chose the charity to support.
Y6 councillors Sienna and Anna said: “We chose Battersea Cats and Dogs home as the charity because we were sad that some animals don’t have the best environments to grow up in. We wanted to help them and encourage other people to raise money too.”
Mrs Ferguson, Year 6 teacher and GDST PSCHE lead, said: “Thank you so much to the NHEHS Junior School parents and students for making `Cosy Day` such a huge success. As a result of the girls completing their chores at home to earn their donations, we have raised more than £700 for Battersea Cats and Dogs home! We are delighted with the success of this fundraising initiative and thank everyone for their generous donations.”
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It was an honour for our Junior Year 3 and 4 Choir Club to be invited back to sing at Memory Cafe for members of the local community who suffer from some form of memory loss, including dementia and Alzheimer`s.
The group, with their carers, gather together on Thursdays at St Barnabas Church in Pitshanger Lane for memory games, music and song, along with a cup of tea and piece of cake.
For this occasion, we prepared traditional songs of childhood for the audience to sing along with. Timeless classics, such as `You are My Sunshine`, `Oh When the Saints`, `Loch Lomond` and `Skye Boat Song` sung by the Juniors brought smiles to everyone present and reminded us that music is best when it’s shared with a wonderful community.
Mother Valerie Aikten said: “It was hard to hold back the tears at St Barnabas Memory Cafe as we watched our guests remembering the words of favourite songs sung by the Junior Choir of Notting Hill and Ealing, conducted by Ignasis Sole. Scottish Annie especially loved `Loch Lomond` and `Skye Boat Song`, while Diana commented: ‘These were the songs I grew up with,’ and Ian jokingly wanted to join the choir! A really special time.”
We cannot wait to bring our Year 5 and Year 6 Pop Choir in May, to perform major hits from the Beatles, Elton John and more!
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