Royal Alexandra and Albert School is the only state school to offer boarding for Years 3-6. With over 50 junior boarders, the Junior Department is a unique school offering excellent education combined with unrivalled pastoral care.

The character of the school is determined by the need to offer round-the-clock care and activities to the boarding community. Therefore, those children who are not boarders join the School as day-boarders or flexi-boarders and enjoy after-school activities and supervised prep (homework) alongside their boarding peers. As a result, there is a harmonious atmosphere in the Junior Department and high levels of participation in all after-school activities including music, sport and theatrical productions.

There is high demand for places in the Junior Department and most pupils progress to the Senior School in Year 7.