St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

School overview

St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school serving BRIDGNORTH, Shropshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Catholic religious character. It has 208 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 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 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 24 families who put it first were offered a place. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 5% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. If you are considering St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.