St John's CofE Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Worksop, Nottinghamshire·S81 7LU
Composite score
53.9
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#5,837
National rank
#451
In East Midlands
#99
In Nottinghamshire
Top 40%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
63 first choices, 63 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
177
any preference, for 63 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0220221.1020230.9820240.9820251.002026

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

Every child who put St John's CofE Academy 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
5–11
Pupils on roll
449
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,707
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

St John's CofE Academy is a primary school serving Worksop, Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 449 pupils aged 5 to 11 on roll. 65% 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 fallen by 9.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 40% 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). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St John's CofE Academy their first choice was offered one of its 63 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 24.0 pupils per teacher. St John's CofE Academy 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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