St John's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Horsham, West Sussex·RH12 1RR
Composite score
39.0
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#11,227
National rank
#1675
In South East
#144
In West Sussex
Top 76%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
18 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.82
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
66
any preference, for 22 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.5320220.8320231.0020240.7320250.822026

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

Every child who put St John's Catholic 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
200
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
6.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
29.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,956
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St John's Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Horsham, West Sussex, St John's Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 200 pupils aged 4 to 11. 60% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 7.0 percentage points year on 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 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St John's Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 22 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 18.7 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 6% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St John's Catholic 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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