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St John's Primary School

Primary · London · W13 0SE

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 15 May 2024

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At a glance

474 pupils · 65% of 730 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
34.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
66% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
9.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.st-johns.ealing.sch.uk
URN
101873

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 59 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 0.98 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.291 miles; distance decided places in 6 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2011 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 15 May 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 59 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.291 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.291 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
82%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school82%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
Ealing average69.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns RoadDagenham · 20 miles awayGood73%
Willow Tree Primary SchoolNortholt · 4 miles awayGood66%
Crossley Hall AcademyBradford · 170 miles awayGood33%
St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolManchester · 155 miles awayGood54%
North Beckton Primary SchoolLondon · 16 miles awayGood74%
Crocketts Community Primary SchoolSmethwick · 97 miles awayGood65%
Peel Park Primary School and NurseryBradford · 169 miles awayGood50%
Green Lane Primary SchoolBradford · 169 miles awayGood48%
Barden Primary SchoolBurnley · 178 miles awayGood60%
Cyril Jackson Primary SchoolLondon · 13 miles awayGood65%
Charville AcademyHayes · 5 miles awayGood64%
Co-op Academy PrincevilleBradford · 169 miles awayGood41%

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
25 of 25 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)

Any other ethnic group 27% (Ealing 19%, England 3%) · Black African 18% (Ealing 8%, England 5%) · Any other White background 12% (Ealing 14%, England 7%) · White British 9% (Ealing 12%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Ealing 5%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 6% (Ealing 6%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Ealing 6%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Ealing 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Ealing 17%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Ealing 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Ealing 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Ealing 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Ealing 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Ealing 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Ealing 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Ealing 1%, England 1%)

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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.31 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Ealing: 1.07 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
19.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 3.38% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

55.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.1 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 £57,865; 17.4% 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£8,884
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 68% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 17% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 13% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £123,836; in-year balance -£107,809

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways27.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier22.8%62.3%
Social housing32.2%17.1%
Privately rented44%20.5%
Detached houses1.4%22.9%
Flats85.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van61.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001249 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£610,000913 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£425,000–£900,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (31)£1,610,000
Semi-detached (124)£1,114,000
Terraced (290)£830,000
Flat (468)£430,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.08 km, 2026 entry): 2,686 sales, median £627,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
19an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
121an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
20an 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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