We currently have spaces available in Years 4 & 5. Our school features a 20m indoor heated pool, offering weekly swimming lessons for pupils. We provide full wraparound care on-site and offer approximately 20 extra-curricular clubs each term. If you would like to visit the school, please contact us.

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At our school each child is valued and their unique set of skills and talents developed so that they can ‘be the best that they can be’. Our belief is that learning should be exciting and engaging. We want every child to leave our school ready for the next stage in their education and with a real appetite for learning.

We have high aspirations for every child that attends our school and a strong track record of achieving academic success. Equally, we ensure children at Bishop’s Waltham Junior are able to explore their full range of talents and interests.

Alongside a stimulating and varied curriculum, we offer a range of sporting, musical and artistic enrichment activities including successful sports clubs, drama productions and music concerts.

We place great emphasis on developing children’s personal skills and believe in the importance of developing kind, caring and respectful individuals. Behaviour in our school is very good and we offer children high quality care and pastoral support. We have strong systems in place to support children with additional learning needs and have a fully qualified Special Needs Co-ordinator on the staff team.

I am incredibly proud to be the Headteacher of Bishop’s Waltham Junior School and of the children and staff who contribute so much to the life of the school.

If you would like to find out more about the school or to arrange a visit please do not hesitate to contact us.

Darren Campbell

Headteacher

A place where excellence, effort and happiness are valued in equal measure.   

Latest News

Year 3 Learning Update Friday 27th February 2026
27/02/2026 3:00 PM
Welcome Back, Year 3! 🌟
It has been wonderful to see the children return to school this week with such enthusiasm. We hope you all had a relaxing and restful half-term break and are ready for the exciting half-term ahead!
The children have been working incredibly hard this week, settling straight back into their routines and showing a real thirst for learning. Here is a look at what we have been up to:
 
🔢 Maths: Mental Mastery
We have kicked off a brand-new unit this week focusing on addition and subtraction. The children are learning how to add and subtract 10s and 100s from a 3-digit number mentally. We are teaching them quick strategies to help them calculate in their heads without needing to rely on written methods. 
 
📖 English: From Metal Giants to Ancient Italy
We have officially finished our class text, The Iron Man. The children thoroughly enjoyed this story. They wrote some fantastic dialogue between Hogarth and the Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon, showing a great understanding of how to punctuate speech.
Looking ahead: Next week, we will be starting our new book, 'Escape from Pompeii'. We will be diving into descriptive writing, using fronted adverbials and expanding our vocabulary to bring the ancient city to life.
 
🕺 PE: Machine Movements
In PE, we have started a brand-new Dance unit. The children have been exploring how to mimic machines through movement, focusing on rigid, mechanical gestures and rhythmic timing. It has been great to see their creativity and their "robot" moves in action!
 
🎨 Art: Paolozzi and Sculpture
In our Art sessions, we are continuing our artist study on Eduardo Paolozzi. We have been looking at his bold, industrial-style work, which ties in perfectly with our machine theme in PE. We are now preparing to move onto clay work, where the children will get to bring their designs into 3D form.
 
📢 Reminders:
  • Recycling Request: Please remember to send in any small, clean recycling (plastic bottles, tubs, cardboard tubes) for our musical instrument making next Tuesday afternoon.
  • Reading and Times Table Rockstars: Please continue to read with your child at home and complete 10 minutes of TTR each week.
Thank you for your continued support.
The Year 3 Team
Year 6 Update - Friday 30th January
30/01/2026 9:41 AM
Year 6 Update - Friday 30th January

A big thank you to everyone who came along to our SATS and Liddington parent briefing this week.  We hope you found it a useful session, and that your children are feeling excited about our residential and, if not excited, not too nervous about our upcoming tests!

As part of our preparation for SATS, we'll be sitting a round of papers next week to see where we've made progress since the autumn.  We're sure the children will approach them with dedication and care - they've done a great job in all the tests we've done so far, and they're now at the point where they can start to see real progress being made.

Beyond this preparation, our regular learning continues.  In English this week, we've brought our biography writing to a close; when you come to our next parents' evening we're expecting to have lots of this work on display, so you'll be able to learn about a wide range of singers, footballers, scientists and actors (among other things).  In history, we've started to dig deeper into the legacy of the Ancient Greeks, and we've also started to explore the science of light.  We'll do more of these things in the next couple of weeks as we head towards half term - during this time, we'll include some clay work in art as well as developing our gymnastic routines further in our PE sessions.  Then a week off, one week back, and we'll be away for the week - preparations for this are now well in-progress behind the scenes!

Year 6 Update - Friday 16th January
16/01/2026 10:03 AM
Year 6 Update - Friday 16th January

Year 6 have jumped straight into the new year with a wide range of learning.

In English, we've started our biography unit by writing the life stories of our teachers - next week, we'll have the chance to write about a celebrity of our choice (as long as we come in with notes on Monday - if not, we'll have to choose for them!)  We've kicked off our Ancient Greece unit in history, and we've also started new topics in art, PSHE, PE, RE and music.

In maths and guided reading, we are shifting our focus a little more in the direction of SATS.  Over the next term, Year 6 will see an increase in test materials during lessons so we become more familiar and comfortable with the style of questions we'll need to answer in May.

More excitingly, though, our trip to Liddington is now on the horizon.  This week, we recieved our provisional activity list and our room allocations, so the Year 6 team can begin making more specific plans for how the week will be arranged.  We also placed the order for our Year 6 hoodies this week - they will arrive in time for Liddintgon to give us an additional layer of warmth.

Don't forget our combined SATS / Liddington briefing meeting at 5pm on Tuesday 27th January - we hope to see lots of you there to learn more.

Year 5 Update - Friday 27th February 2026
27/02/2026 3:15 PM

It has been a fantastic week in Year 5 as we have jumped straight back into routines and exciting topics for the term ahead.

⏳English

We have begun a new unit on time slip stories. The children have been learning a section of a model text using story mapping to help them remember key events and structure. We have also explored a range of time slip narratives, including Tom’s Midnight Garden, discussing how authors move characters between different time periods and create atmosphere and mystery.

⏪History

In History, we have launched our new topic on ancient civilisations. The children have started researching different ancient societies and have been working on placing them accurately on timelines, helping them understand how these civilisations fit into the wider picture of world history.

💻Computing

In Computing, we have started designing our own websites. The children are exploring layout, presentation and features using Google Slides, thinking carefully about how information can be organised clearly and effectively for an audience.

We are also looking forward to upcoming event days in March, including World Book Day and Maths Day, which promise to be lots of fun!

Well done, Year 5, for such a positive start to the term.

Year 3 Learning Update Friday 27th February 2026
27/02/2026 3:00 PM
Welcome Back, Year 3! 🌟
It has been wonderful to see the children return to school this week with such enthusiasm. We hope you all had a relaxing and restful half-term break and are ready for the exciting half-term ahead!
The children have been working incredibly hard this week, settling straight back into their routines and showing a real thirst for learning. Here is a look at what we have been up to:
 
🔢 Maths: Mental Mastery
We have kicked off a brand-new unit this week focusing on addition and subtraction. The children are learning how to add and subtract 10s and 100s from a 3-digit number mentally. We are teaching them quick strategies to help them calculate in their heads without needing to rely on written methods. 
 
📖 English: From Metal Giants to Ancient Italy
We have officially finished our class text, The Iron Man. The children thoroughly enjoyed this story. They wrote some fantastic dialogue between Hogarth and the Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon, showing a great understanding of how to punctuate speech.
Looking ahead: Next week, we will be starting our new book, 'Escape from Pompeii'. We will be diving into descriptive writing, using fronted adverbials and expanding our vocabulary to bring the ancient city to life.
 
🕺 PE: Machine Movements
In PE, we have started a brand-new Dance unit. The children have been exploring how to mimic machines through movement, focusing on rigid, mechanical gestures and rhythmic timing. It has been great to see their creativity and their "robot" moves in action!
 
🎨 Art: Paolozzi and Sculpture
In our Art sessions, we are continuing our artist study on Eduardo Paolozzi. We have been looking at his bold, industrial-style work, which ties in perfectly with our machine theme in PE. We are now preparing to move onto clay work, where the children will get to bring their designs into 3D form.
 
📢 Reminders:
  • Recycling Request: Please remember to send in any small, clean recycling (plastic bottles, tubs, cardboard tubes) for our musical instrument making next Tuesday afternoon.
  • Reading and Times Table Rockstars: Please continue to read with your child at home and complete 10 minutes of TTR each week.
Thank you for your continued support.
The Year 3 Team
Year 6 Update - Friday 30th January
30/01/2026 9:41 AM
Year 6 Update - Friday 30th January

A big thank you to everyone who came along to our SATS and Liddington parent briefing this week.  We hope you found it a useful session, and that your children are feeling excited about our residential and, if not excited, not too nervous about our upcoming tests!

As part of our preparation for SATS, we'll be sitting a round of papers next week to see where we've made progress since the autumn.  We're sure the children will approach them with dedication and care - they've done a great job in all the tests we've done so far, and they're now at the point where they can start to see real progress being made.

Beyond this preparation, our regular learning continues.  In English this week, we've brought our biography writing to a close; when you come to our next parents' evening we're expecting to have lots of this work on display, so you'll be able to learn about a wide range of singers, footballers, scientists and actors (among other things).  In history, we've started to dig deeper into the legacy of the Ancient Greeks, and we've also started to explore the science of light.  We'll do more of these things in the next couple of weeks as we head towards half term - during this time, we'll include some clay work in art as well as developing our gymnastic routines further in our PE sessions.  Then a week off, one week back, and we'll be away for the week - preparations for this are now well in-progress behind the scenes!

Year 6 Update - Friday 16th January
16/01/2026 10:03 AM
Year 6 Update - Friday 16th January

Year 6 have jumped straight into the new year with a wide range of learning.

In English, we've started our biography unit by writing the life stories of our teachers - next week, we'll have the chance to write about a celebrity of our choice (as long as we come in with notes on Monday - if not, we'll have to choose for them!)  We've kicked off our Ancient Greece unit in history, and we've also started new topics in art, PSHE, PE, RE and music.

In maths and guided reading, we are shifting our focus a little more in the direction of SATS.  Over the next term, Year 6 will see an increase in test materials during lessons so we become more familiar and comfortable with the style of questions we'll need to answer in May.

More excitingly, though, our trip to Liddington is now on the horizon.  This week, we recieved our provisional activity list and our room allocations, so the Year 6 team can begin making more specific plans for how the week will be arranged.  We also placed the order for our Year 6 hoodies this week - they will arrive in time for Liddintgon to give us an additional layer of warmth.

Don't forget our combined SATS / Liddington briefing meeting at 5pm on Tuesday 27th January - we hope to see lots of you there to learn more.

Year 5 Update - Friday 27th February 2026
27/02/2026 3:15 PM

It has been a fantastic week in Year 5 as we have jumped straight back into routines and exciting topics for the term ahead.

⏳English

We have begun a new unit on time slip stories. The children have been learning a section of a model text using story mapping to help them remember key events and structure. We have also explored a range of time slip narratives, including Tom’s Midnight Garden, discussing how authors move characters between different time periods and create atmosphere and mystery.

⏪History

In History, we have launched our new topic on ancient civilisations. The children have started researching different ancient societies and have been working on placing them accurately on timelines, helping them understand how these civilisations fit into the wider picture of world history.

💻Computing

In Computing, we have started designing our own websites. The children are exploring layout, presentation and features using Google Slides, thinking carefully about how information can be organised clearly and effectively for an audience.

We are also looking forward to upcoming event days in March, including World Book Day and Maths Day, which promise to be lots of fun!

Well done, Year 5, for such a positive start to the term.

Year 3 Learning Update Friday 27th February 2026
27/02/2026 3:00 PM
Welcome Back, Year 3! 🌟
It has been wonderful to see the children return to school this week with such enthusiasm. We hope you all had a relaxing and restful half-term break and are ready for the exciting half-term ahead!
The children have been working incredibly hard this week, settling straight back into their routines and showing a real thirst for learning. Here is a look at what we have been up to:
 
🔢 Maths: Mental Mastery
We have kicked off a brand-new unit this week focusing on addition and subtraction. The children are learning how to add and subtract 10s and 100s from a 3-digit number mentally. We are teaching them quick strategies to help them calculate in their heads without needing to rely on written methods. 
 
📖 English: From Metal Giants to Ancient Italy
We have officially finished our class text, The Iron Man. The children thoroughly enjoyed this story. They wrote some fantastic dialogue between Hogarth and the Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon, showing a great understanding of how to punctuate speech.
Looking ahead: Next week, we will be starting our new book, 'Escape from Pompeii'. We will be diving into descriptive writing, using fronted adverbials and expanding our vocabulary to bring the ancient city to life.
 
🕺 PE: Machine Movements
In PE, we have started a brand-new Dance unit. The children have been exploring how to mimic machines through movement, focusing on rigid, mechanical gestures and rhythmic timing. It has been great to see their creativity and their "robot" moves in action!
 
🎨 Art: Paolozzi and Sculpture
In our Art sessions, we are continuing our artist study on Eduardo Paolozzi. We have been looking at his bold, industrial-style work, which ties in perfectly with our machine theme in PE. We are now preparing to move onto clay work, where the children will get to bring their designs into 3D form.
 
📢 Reminders:
  • Recycling Request: Please remember to send in any small, clean recycling (plastic bottles, tubs, cardboard tubes) for our musical instrument making next Tuesday afternoon.
  • Reading and Times Table Rockstars: Please continue to read with your child at home and complete 10 minutes of TTR each week.
Thank you for your continued support.
The Year 3 Team
Year 6 Update - Friday 30th January
30/01/2026 9:41 AM
Year 6 Update - Friday 30th January

A big thank you to everyone who came along to our SATS and Liddington parent briefing this week.  We hope you found it a useful session, and that your children are feeling excited about our residential and, if not excited, not too nervous about our upcoming tests!

As part of our preparation for SATS, we'll be sitting a round of papers next week to see where we've made progress since the autumn.  We're sure the children will approach them with dedication and care - they've done a great job in all the tests we've done so far, and they're now at the point where they can start to see real progress being made.

Beyond this preparation, our regular learning continues.  In English this week, we've brought our biography writing to a close; when you come to our next parents' evening we're expecting to have lots of this work on display, so you'll be able to learn about a wide range of singers, footballers, scientists and actors (among other things).  In history, we've started to dig deeper into the legacy of the Ancient Greeks, and we've also started to explore the science of light.  We'll do more of these things in the next couple of weeks as we head towards half term - during this time, we'll include some clay work in art as well as developing our gymnastic routines further in our PE sessions.  Then a week off, one week back, and we'll be away for the week - preparations for this are now well in-progress behind the scenes!

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