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St John's and St Clement's Church of England Primary School

Primary · London · SE15 4DY

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 October 2024

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At a glance

400 pupils · 95% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
16% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
21.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stjohnsandstclements.org
URN
100830

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 100 families named it first for 58 Reception places, 1.72 first choices per place. At its inspection on 1 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.72 first-choice applications per place

58 places offered · 100 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

48 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
19%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers72%
Southwark average69.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Shirley Heath Junior SchoolSolihull · 99 miles awayOutstanding64%
St James CofE Primary SchoolWeybridge · 17 miles awayGood (2016)72%
Oakdale Primary SchoolPeterborough · 75 miles awayExpected standard78%
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, HavantHavant · 58 miles awayGood58%
Yerbury Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayOutstanding74%
Fairlawn Primary SchoolLondon · 1 miles awayGood80%
Hampton Junior SchoolHampton · 13 miles awayOutstanding77%
Dunmore Primary SchoolAbingdon · 54 miles awayExpected standard50%
Flamstead End SchoolWaltham Cross · 17 miles awayGood72%
Longfields Primary and Nursery SchoolBicester · 55 miles awayNeeds attention47%
St Paul's CofE Primary School, Leamington SpaLeamington Spa · 84 miles awayGood64%
Great Chart Primary SchoolASHFORD · 45 miles awayOutstanding77%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
10 of 10 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 49% (Southwark 21%, England 60%) · Any other White background 10% (Southwark 10%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Southwark 8%, England 3%) · Black African 7% (Southwark 23%, England 5%) · Not recorded 6% (Southwark 5%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Southwark 4%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 4% (Southwark 4%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Southwark 8%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Southwark 2%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Southwark 6%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.53 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Southwark: 1.40 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

61.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £63,532; 19% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,750
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £27,748; in-year balance -£54,646

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher65.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work56.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health61.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier50.7%62.3%
Social housing19.2%17.1%
Privately rented30%20.5%
Detached houses1.6%22.9%
Flats49.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van45.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004065 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£640,0001,251 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£465,000–£1,000,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (20)£1,321,000
Semi-detached (105)£1,285,000
Terraced (407)£1,025,000
Flat (719)£497,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
9an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
24an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
137an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
21an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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