St John's Catholic Junior School

St John’s Catholic Junior School is performing at a good level overall, demonstrating a positive environment where pupils feel safe and valued. The school fosters strong relationships among students and staff, which enhances their learning experiences. There is an ambitious and well-designed curriculum that meets the needs of all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and most pupils achieve well. While the school has established clear routines promoting good behaviour, there are occasional gaps in curriculum delivery that hinder some pupils from achieving their potential, particularly in certain subjects and for some SEND pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a welcoming and safe environment.
• High expectations for pupil achievement and behaviour.
• Ambitious and broad curriculum that meets pupils' needs.
• Strong emphasis on the teaching of reading and phonics.
• Effective systems for identifying and supporting pupils with SEND.
• Positive engagement with parents and the community.

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, learning activities do not consistently support all pupils.
• Occasional lapses in adapting curriculum delivery for some SEND pupils.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St John's Catholic Junior School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at St John's Catholic Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St John's Catholic Junior School had 22.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 38.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.6% of pupils at St John's Catholic Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St John's Catholic Junior School received £6,517 and spent £7,049 for each of its 239 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £171,000 (£715 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St John's Catholic Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St John's Catholic Junior School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was St John's Catholic Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

St John's Catholic Junior School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does St John's Catholic Junior School have?

St John's Catholic Junior School has 239 pupils on roll.

What age range does St John's Catholic Junior School cover?

St John's Catholic Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are St John's Catholic Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 45% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St John's Catholic Junior School?

St John's Catholic Junior School is at Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7LH.