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St John's CofE School

Primary · Warminster · BA12 9JY

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 February 2026 · report published 19 April 2026

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At a glance

103 pupils · 70% of 147 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
21.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.st-johns-warminster.wilts.sch.uk/
URN
144854

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 22 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.47 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 3 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.47 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 22 first-choice applications · 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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
45%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school45%
Median of its 12 closest peers61.5%
Wiltshire average59.7%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary AcademyScunthorpe · 176 miles awayGood81%
Curdworth Primary SchoolSutton Coldfield · 94 miles awayGood57%
St Helens Primary SchoolRyde · 58 miles awayGood47%
Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed SchoolNorthampton · 97 miles awayNeeds attention63%
Lockerley Church of England Endowed Primary SchoolRomsey · 28 miles awayExpected standard80%
Thursby Primary SchoolCarlisle · 254 miles awayGood74%
Cotgrave Church of England Primary SchoolNottingham · 127 miles awayNeeds attention67%
Alveley Primary SchoolBridgnorth · 87 miles awayGood75%
Hedon Primary SchoolHull · 194 miles awayRequires improvement48%
Sharpness Primary SchoolBerkeley · 38 miles awayNeeds attention60%
The Kirkby-la-Thorpe Church of England Primary SchoolSleaford · 146 miles awayGood53%
Bow Community Primary SchoolCrediton · 77 miles awayGood40%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Wiltshire 81%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Wiltshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 4% (Wiltshire 4%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 3% (Wiltshire 1%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Wiltshire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Wiltshire 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Wiltshire 2%, England 1%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Wiltshire 0%, England 0%)

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%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.94 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wiltshire: 3.43 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)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 16% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

57.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.5 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 £47,158; 20% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,679
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£108,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier87.1%62.3%
Social housing1.3%17.1%
Privately rented11.6%20.5%
Detached houses37.8%22.9%
Flats3.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032105 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£254,500190 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£164,500–£345,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (57)£410,000
Semi-detached (47)£285,000
Terraced (43)£217,500
Flat (43)£90,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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