St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Barnet·N20 0PL
Composite score
71.7
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#1,560
National rank
#421
In London
#28
In Barnet
Top 11%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
87%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
112.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
61%
46 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
1.59
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
147
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.19
00.511.52
1 per place
1.2120221.1020231.3920241.3920251.592026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School yet. Barnet does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
248
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
10.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
36.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
5.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,618
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School

St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in London, Barnet, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 248 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 87% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 11% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 112 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School is oversubscribed: about 6 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 46 first choices for 29 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.4%. There are about 14.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St John's CofE Primary and Nursery 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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