St John's Wood Primary School

School overview

St John's Wood Primary School is a primary school serving London, Westminster, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 190 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St John's Wood Primary School 'Good'. 66% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 10.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 38% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% 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 Wood Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 50 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 14.6 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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.