St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

School overview

St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school serving Rochdale, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 224 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 70% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 13.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 25% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% 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 Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 24 Reception places. St John's Roman Catholic 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.