St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

About St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Nelson, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 212 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. 18% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 14.0 percentage points compared with 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 97 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% 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 Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 30 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.5%. There are about 28.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 38% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary 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.