St John's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Tower Hamlets·E2 9LR
Composite score
55.6
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#5,288
National rank
#1048
In London
#38
In Tower Hamlets
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 10/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Strong standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 20 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
34
any preference, for 20 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.23
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8820220.8120230.8320240.7720251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St John's Church of England Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
172
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
67.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
59.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
52.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
30.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,813
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

St John's Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Tower Hamlets, St John's Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 172 pupils aged 3 to 11. 64% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 6.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 36% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St John's Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 20 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 10.0%. There are about 20.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 67% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St John's Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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