St John Roman Catholic Primary School

School overview

St John Roman Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Baldock, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 165 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 7.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St John Roman Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 16 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 18.9 pupils per teacher. St John Roman 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.