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St John XXIII Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · W12 7QT

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

Inspected 3 March 2026 · report published 25 June 2026

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At a glance

302 pupils · 68% of 446 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
49.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
32.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stjohnxxiii.lbhf.sch.uk
URN
149641

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 36 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.24 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.03 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 3 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.24 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 36 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 0.03 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.03 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

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
85%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
27%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
111
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 school85%
Median of its 12 closest peers61.5%
Hammersmith and Fulham average77%
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
Christ The King RC Primary School ManchesterManchester · 160 miles awayGood64%
Meadow Bank Community SchoolBradford · 169 miles awayRequires improvement37%
Rufford Primary SchoolStourbridge · 104 miles awayGood59%
Lift Hall RoadHull · 156 miles awayGood80%
Bird In Bush SchoolPeckham · 8 miles awayGood67%
St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary SchoolKidderminster · 105 miles awayGood39%
Southwark Park Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood76%
Applegarth AcademyCroydon · 14 miles awayStrong standard88%
Ringway Primary SchoolManchester · 154 miles awayGood39%
Lonesome Primary SchoolMitcham · 8 miles awayGood (2019)68%
Friarage Community AcademyScarborough · 192 miles awayRequires improvement51%
Bedford Primary SchoolLiverpool · 177 miles awayNeeds attention38%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 18% (Hammersmith and Fulham 12%, England 5%) · White British 15% (Hammersmith and Fulham 22%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 13% (Hammersmith and Fulham 8%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 12% (Hammersmith and Fulham 5%, England 2%) · Any other White background 12% (Hammersmith and Fulham 18%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 9% (Hammersmith and Fulham 2%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 6% (Hammersmith and Fulham 4%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Hammersmith and Fulham 13%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Hammersmith and Fulham 4%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Hammersmith and Fulham 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 1%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Hammersmith and Fulham 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 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)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.8%
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 · Hammersmith and Fulham: 1.30 suspensions and 0.00 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
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

57% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 22% moved to another state school · 21% 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)

54.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.3 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 £63,145; 18.8% 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£10,527
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £143,000; in-year balance -£6,000

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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)
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 higher33.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work20.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways28.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier15.5%62.3%
Social housing68%17.1%
Privately rented15%20.5%
Detached houses0.4%22.9%
Flats98.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van66.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001961 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£770,000814 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£535,000–£1,159,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (19)£1,087,500
Terraced (184)£935,000
Flat (610)£676,500

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
71an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
12an 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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