St John's Primary and Nursery School

St John's Primary and Nursery School at a glance

Located in Southampton, St John's Primary and Nursery School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 442 pupils aged 3 to 11. 40% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 16.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St John's Primary and Nursery School is oversubscribed: about 10 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 42 first choices for 41 places. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 19.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 39% 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 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.