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St John Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Berry Lane, Mill End, Rickmansworth WD3 7HG · stjohns705.herts.sch.uk · 01923 774004
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 50%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hertfordshire 64%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 107
- 51% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 16.8%
- First language not English
- 12.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 12 families put the school first and 13 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 | 13 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 20 | 18 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 43 | 1.4▲ | 65% |
Results
In 2024/25, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Hertfordshire it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼50% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 117475)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for St John Catholic Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 8 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 117475), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2016Good
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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117475)
Dec 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117475)
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 26
- 21% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied