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John Burns Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Wycliffe Road, Lavender Hill, London SW11 5QR · johnburns.wandsworth.sch.uk · 020 7228 3857
On the mapSearch near SW11 5QR
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 90%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wandsworth 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Wandsworth Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 158
- 67% of 236 places
- Local authority
- Wandsworth
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 62.7%
- First language not English
- 34.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Wandsworth Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 11 families put the school first and 14 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 14 | 11 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 14 | 10 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 12 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 90% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% the higher standard. Across Wandsworth it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲90% | 62% | ||
| ▲14% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 28 June 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for John Burns Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 27 Jun 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
63% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 63%
- Replies
- 32
- 15% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 72% who had a child bullied