St John's Stonefold CofE Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Rising Bridge Road
Rising Bridge
Accrington
Lancashire
BB5 2SW
Phone 01706216706
Reference Number 119453

St John’s Stonefold C of E Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspection domains. The school provides a welcoming environment where pupils feel safe and enjoy their time at school, benefiting from strong relationships with caring staff. Leaders have high expectations for behavior, and pupils generally demonstrate positive conduct, which contributes to an effective learning environment. The well-designed curriculum, including support for pupils with special educational needs, typically prepares students for their next educational stages effectively. However, there are areas where curriculum clarity is lacking in some subjects, impacting pupil learning outcomes.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 116
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 55.17%
Girls: 44.83%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 21.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 11 9 20
2 10 10 20
3 7 7 14
4 10 3 13
5 13 11 24
6 7 8 15

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 88.8%
Pakistani 7.8%
White, Other 1.7%
White & Asian 1.7%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 30 Nov 2022
Date Report
30 Nov 2022 School inspection:
14 Mar 2017 Short inspection
13 Feb 2013 Full inspection:
30 Mar 2011 Full inspection:
13 Jul 2010 Monitoring visit
07 Dec 2009 Full inspection:
07 Nov 2006 Full inspection:
25 Jun 2001 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils enjoy coming to school and feel welcomed from diverse backgrounds.
  • Strong relationships between staff and pupils foster a positive learning environment.
  • High expectations for behavior contribute to minimal disruption during learning.
  • Well-structured curriculum preparing pupils, including those with SEND, for future education.
  • Effective early reading support resulting in most pupils becoming fluent readers by key stage 1.
  • Ambitious governors who support and challenge school leaders.

Areas for Improvement

  • Curricular thinking in a small number of subjects is underdeveloped.
  • Some teachers lack training on adapting curriculum delivery for pupils with SEND.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 71%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 14%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 105

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -2.8
Writing -2.7
Maths -4.6

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 38 4
Third Preference 11 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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