St John's Primary School and Nursery

Community school·Primary school Kenilworth, Warwickshire·CV8 1FS
Composite score
80.8
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#686
National rank
#44
In West Midlands
#5
In Warwickshire
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
83%
% achieving higher RWM
23%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
15 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
0.56
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
86
any preference, for 27 places
Last place offered lived
0.77 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 1239 m
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.41
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6820220.8020230.9720240.9720250.562026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
265
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
18.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,045
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

St John's Primary School and Nursery is a primary school serving Kenilworth, Warwickshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 265 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 17.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 5% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 23% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St John's Primary School and Nursery was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 15 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 0.77 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 18.7 pupils per teacher. St John's Primary School and Nursery 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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