Banstead Community Junior School
Banstead Community Junior School is a primary school in Banstead for ages 7 to 11.
Practise what Banstead Community Junior School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order Banstead Community Junior School teaches it, where its maps give one. English keeps to the usual order for their year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Community school, run by the council
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 278
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- The Horseshoe, Banstead, SM7 2BQ
- Phone
- 01737 351788
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
The school
- The school aims to develop lifelong learners who are happy, highly engaged, intellectually curious and independent.
- The school describes itself as a safe and nurturing environment where every child can flourish, academically and personally.
Source: Banstead Community Junior School website; Banstead Community Junior School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
How it teaches
- Reading is placed at the heart of the curriculum, with pupils taught to decode and then develop fluency and comprehension.
- The curriculum is designed to equip pupils with a toolkit of essential knowledge, skills and vocabulary across all subjects.
Source: Banstead Community Junior School website; Banstead Community Junior School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
Music, sport and trips
- The school's PE curriculum aims to inspire all children to lead healthy and active lifestyles.
Source: Banstead Community Junior School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
Admissions
- The published admission number for the school is 90 pupils.
Source: Banstead Community Junior School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
What each year group is learning
From Banstead Community Junior School's curriculum maps.
Year 3Autumn 1
- Maths
- Place value of numbers. Addition and subtraction
- English
- Writing character descriptions in narrative writing. Writing adventure stories in fiction
- Science
- Forces
- History
- How the lives of hunter gatherers changed over time, from Stone Age to Iron Age
- Computing
- How computers are connected
- Design and technology
- Design technology
- PE
- Fitness games and gymnastics
- PSHE
- Being me in my world
- Spanish
- Spanish phonetics
Year 4Autumn 1
- Maths
- Place value
- English
- Book and author study of The Great Kapok Tree and The Shaman's Apprentice
- Writing
- Narrative writing focused on setting and character description. Writing play scripts
- Science
- How sound vibrations, pitch and volume work
- Geography
- What it is like across the UK
- Computing
- How the internet works
- Art
- Drawing still life
- Design and technology
- Design technology
- PE
- Badminton, touch rugby and circus skills
- RE
- What Jesus said about God's kingdom and why it was good news
- PSHE
- Being me in my world
- French
- Phonetics
- Spanish
- Presenting myself
Year 5Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 1 and Spring 2 and Summer 1 and Summer 2
- Maths
- Place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Fractions, decimals and percentages. Decimals, percentages, measurement, perimeter, area and statistics. Geometry, properties of shape, position and direction. Negative numbers, converting units and volume
- English
- Writing setting and character descriptions. Retelling a traditional tale with suspense
- Reading
- Reading Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
- Writing
- Persuasive formal letter writing. Autobiographical writing. Narrative writing: adventure story. Non-chronological reports about animals. Haiku poetry. Persuasive debate and balanced argument. Narrative story writing. Series of diary entries. Newspaper reports. Comic strip narrative writing. Brochure non-fiction writing
- Science
- Movement of the Sun, Earth and Moon and the solar system. Properties of materials: conductivity, transparency, hardness and magnetism. Changes of materials: dissolving, evaporating and irreversible changes. How animals including humans change as they develop. Living things, their habitats and life cycles of mammals, amphibians, insects and birds
- History
- Life in the Mayan civilisation. Whether children's lives improved in the Victorian era. How crime and punishment have changed through the ages
- Geography
- Why volcanoes happen and their effects. What the continent of Europe is like. Comparing the Austrian Alps and the UK
- Computing
- How computing systems and networks share information. Creating vector drawings. Constructing programs to control real-life projects. Digital photography and printing. Organising data using a flat-file database. Capturing, editing and manipulating video. Writing programs that use selection to control outcomes
- Art
- Oil and chalk pastels, inspired by artist Alan Bean. Artist William Morris. Drawing and painting, inspired by artist Picasso
- Design and technology
- Strengthening structures linked to forces. Cooking and nutrition, making paella
- Music
- What makes a good rock anthem. Classroom jazz. Old-school hip hop
- RE
- What it means to be part of a synagogue community. What helps Muslims to live a good life. Why rescue is important to Christians
- Spanish
- Spanish phonetics and dates. Spanish phonetics and pets. Spanish phonetics and my home
Year 6Autumn 1 and Autumn 2
- Maths
- Place value and the four operations. Fractions and converting units
- Writing
- Balanced discussion and explanation texts. Narrative horror fiction writing. Speech writing
- Science
- The circulatory system and the impact of diet and exercise. How light travels and how we see
- History
- Stone Age and Romans
- Geography
- What influences population movement
- Computing
- Using the internet for online communication and collaboration
- Art
- Pop Art by Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol
- Design and technology
- Designing 3D models using computers
- Music
- Music about my family
- PE
- Hockey, football and gymnastics
- RE
- What Christians believe about the Messiah
- PSHE
- Being me in my world
- Spanish
- Spanish phonetics. Spanish vocabulary about my family
Read on 10 November 2026 from the school's Long Term Plans page. The maps: Year 3 Long Term Plan, Year 4 Long Term Plan, Year 5 Long Term Plan, Year 6 Long term Plan.
Grammar schools within 15 miles
- Nonsuch High School for GirlsGirls, Sutton, 2 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Sutton Grammar SchoolBoys, Sutton, 3 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Wallington High School for GirlsGirls, Wallington, 3 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Wallington County Grammar SchoolBoys, Wallington, 4 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Wilson's SchoolBoys, Wallington, 4 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Tiffin SchoolBoys, Kingston upon Thames, 7 miles
- The Tiffin Girls' SchoolGirls, Kingston upon Thames, 8 miles
- Newstead Wood SchoolGirls, Orpington, 13 miles. Newstead Wood Selection Test
- St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar SchoolBoys, Orpington, 14 miles. St Olave's Selective Entrance Test
School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 125023. Checked 9 November 2026.
Explore more
Other schools in Surrey
- Walton-on-the-Hill Primary SchoolTadworth
- Charlwood Village Primary SchoolHorley
- The Orchard Infant SchoolEast Molesey
- Long Ditton Infant and Nursery SchoolSurbiton
- Thames Ditton Infant SchoolThames Ditton
- Barnett Wood Infant SchoolAshtead
- Fetcham Village Infant SchoolLeatherhead
- Dormansland Primary SchoolLingfield
Help your child with what Banstead Community Junior School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order the school teaches it, English in the usual order for their year, with a weekly view of what they have mastered.