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St John's Primary School

Primary · Redhill · RH1 6QG

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Good

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: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 June 2023

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At a glance

206 pupils · 98% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
8.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.stjohns-redhill.surrey.sch.uk
URN
146661

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2020 entry went to 0.647 km (≈0.40 mi); distance decided places in 2 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 7 June 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 28 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 0.647 km (≈0.40 mi) for 2020 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.647 km (≈0.40 mi)

measurement method not stated by the council.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 5 (Any other children)
0.808 km (≈0.50 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school64%
Median of its 12 closest peers75%
Surrey average66.8%
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
Cubbington CofE Primary SchoolLeamington Spa · 94 miles awayGood72%
Thorney Island Community Primary SchoolEmsworth · 43 miles awayGood67%
St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, ChipperfieldKings Langley · 35 miles awayGood62%
Acresfield AcademyChester · 179 miles awayOutstanding75%
Sunny Bank Primary SchoolBury · 184 miles awayGood75%
Excalibur Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 157 miles awayGood84%
Layer-de-la-Haye Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolColchester · 62 miles awayGood75%
James Brindley Community Primary SchoolManchester · 184 miles awayNo current grade82%
Myton Park Primary SchoolStockton-on-Tees · 232 miles awayGood77%
Upperthong Junior and Infant SchoolHolmfirth · 175 miles awayGood71%
St James CofE Aided Primary SchoolGodalming · 23 miles awayGood54%
Wilberfoss Church of England Primary SchoolYork · 190 miles awayExpected standard87%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 79% (Surrey 64%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Surrey 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Surrey 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Surrey 3%, England 5%) · Black African 1% (Surrey 2%, England 5%) · White Irish 1% (Surrey 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 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)
3.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Surrey: 2.93 suspensions and 0.04 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
23.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

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)

54.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.3 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 £54,487; 18.2% 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£6,590
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £98,000; in-year balance -£15,000

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher52.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work52.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9%18.1%
Residents in very good health59%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier70.2%62.3%
Social housing11.8%17.1%
Privately rented18%20.5%
Detached houses33%22.9%
Flats27.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms32.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030593 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£450,000433 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£286,000–£605,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (82)£947,500
Semi-detached (115)£500,000
Terraced (96)£461,500
Flat (140)£239,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
19an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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