City Junior School
City Junior School is an independent school in for boys and girls aged 7 to 11. It has 288 pupils and room for 305.
City Junior School, 4 Gray's Inn Place, LONDON, WC1R 5EY020 3814 3506cityjuniorschool.org.ukMr Matthew Foster headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Grammar school. This is a grammar school, so places depend on an entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Camden council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 288 | 221 | 144 | 144 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 6% | 3% | 4% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Alban's Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 200 m | 81 | Good 2024 | 56 | Compare |
| University of the Arts London | Higher education institutions | 260 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Christopher Hatton Primary School | Council | 410 m | 228 | Outstanding 2022 | 92 | Compare |
| St George the Martyr Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 440 m | 190 | Outstanding 2024 | 93 | Compare |
| Children's Hospital School at Gt Ormond Street and UCH | Foundation special school | 580 m | 0 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| London School of Economics and Political Science | Higher education institutions | 620 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Guildhouse School | Independent | 660 m | 143 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| City Lit | Further education | 670 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is City Junior School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score City Junior School yet.
How many pupils does City Junior School have?
288 pupils aged 7 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 305 places, so it is 94% full.
Does City Junior School have an entrance exam?
Yes. It is a grammar school, so places depend on an entrance test, usually sat in September of Year 6. Check the school's admissions page for the test dates and the pass mark.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- City Junior School, 4 Gray's Inn Place, LONDON, WC1R 5EY
- Telephone
- 020 3814 3506
- Website
- www.cityjuniorschool.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Foster
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 7-11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Camden
- Ward
- Holborn & Covent Garden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 4 November 2022 (new provision)
- URN
- 149158 · LAESTAB 2026006
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.