St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants School

Voluntary controlled school·Infant school Glastonbury, Somerset·BA6 9DR

School type

Infant school

Ages 2–7

Key Stage 2 performance

St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants School is an infant school for pupils aged 2–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

42 first choices, 43 places

First choices per place

0.98

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 43 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0020220.9420231.0020240.9120250.982026

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

Every child who put St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants 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).

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 2–7
Pupils on roll: 194
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

32.0%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

8.2%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

16.0%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.1%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.6%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

24.6%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

20.5

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,232

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

St Benedict's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School Glastonbury · 0.2 mi 44.1 Elmhurst Junior School Street · 1.7 mi 46.1 Brookside Community Primary School Street · 2.6 mi 40.5 Walton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Street · 2.8 mi 58.5 Coxley Primary School Wells · 3.1 mi 41.8 West Pennard Church of England Primary School Glastonbury · 3.1 mi 50.8 Meare Village Primary School Glastonbury · 3.3 mi 50.1 Butleigh Church of England Primary School Glastonbury · 3.5 mi 32.5

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants School at a glance

Located in Glastonbury, Somerset, St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 194 pupils aged 2 to 7.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants School their first choice was offered one of its 43 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants 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.