Over St John's CofE Primary School

Over St John’s C of E Primary School continues to be a good school, providing a nurturing environment where pupils feel happy and safe. The school fosters a strong sense of belonging within its community, promoting mutual respect and care among pupils. With high expectations for achievement, the school implements an ambitious curriculum that generally allows pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to reach their potential. While pupils enjoy a broad educational experience, including cultural learning and physical health education, there are areas identified for improvement, particularly in ensuring that all pupils make connections between new and existing knowledge.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, safe, and nurtured in the school.
• Strong culture of reading with effective phonics teaching.
• Ambitious curriculum design that supports pupils’ achievements.
• High expectations for behaviour and learning.
• Pupils enjoy participating in clubs and responsibilities.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Robust monitoring of attendance and effective support for improvement.
• Strong engagement with parents and the community.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, links between new learning and prior knowledge are not consistently made.

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 Over St John's CofE Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.4% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Over St John's CofE Primary 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 Over St John's CofE Primary School had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 10.4% of pupils at Over St John's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.7% 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 Over St John's CofE Primary School received £8,112 and spent £8,112 for each of its 135 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £11,000 (£81 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 Over St John's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Over St John's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Over St John's CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Over St John's CofE Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Over St John's CofE Primary School have?

Over St John's CofE Primary School has 135 pupils on roll.

What age range does Over St John's CofE Primary School cover?

Over St John's CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Over St John's CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Over St John's CofE Primary School?

Over St John's CofE Primary School is at Delamere Street, Winsford, Cheshire, CW7 2LU.