St John's C of E Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Kingston upon Thames·KT1 2SG
Composite score
70.8
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#1,656
National rank
#450
In London
#6
In Kingston upon Thames
Top 11%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
20%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
18 first choices, 20 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
74
any preference, for 20 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.52
1 per place
1.5020221.4020230.9320241.0020250.902026

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

Every child who put St John's C of E 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
232
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
33.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,481
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St John's C of E Primary School is a primary school serving Kingston upon Thames, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 232 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 73% 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 risen by 3.0 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 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 20% 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 C of E Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 20 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. St John's C of E 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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