St John's CofE (C) Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Dudley, Staffordshire·DY3 4NB
Composite score
37.6
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#11,713
National rank
#1268
In West Midlands
#198
In Staffordshire
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
13 first choices, 13 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
22
any preference, for 13 places
Applications from another council area
14%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St John's CofE (C) 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
86
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
26.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,512
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St John's CofE (C) Primary School at a glance

Located in Dudley, Staffordshire, St John's CofE (C) Primary 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 86 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 47% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 10.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St John's CofE (C) Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 13 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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