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St John's CofE Primary School

Primary Ages 2-11 382 pupils Radstock
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St John's CofE Primary School is an academy converter in Radstock for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has a Church of England/Christian religious character. It has 382 pupils on roll. In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-11
Religion Church of England/Christian
Address Redfield Road
Midsomer Norton
Radstock
Somerset
BA3 2JN
Phone 01761412019
Reference Number 140452

General Makeup

Number of pupils 382
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.17%
Girls: 51.83%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 12.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24.8
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 24.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 21 25 46
2 28 25 53
3 21 20 41
4 17 31 48
5 26 25 51
6 28 28 56

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 92.7%
Mixed, Other 1.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.6%
White, Other 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
African 0.5%
Irish 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
Asian, Other 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 28 Mar 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
28 Mar 2023 School inspection
14 Sep 2016 Short inspection
28 Mar 2014 Interim assessment
04 Dec 2013 Academy conversion letter
12 Oct 2010 Full inspection:
Previously as St John's CofE Primary School
26 Nov 2007 Full inspection:
13 Jan 2003 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 73%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

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 1.2
Writing -0.6
Maths 0.2

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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.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 10 0
Third Preference 15 1
From another Local Authority 3 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St John's CofE Primary School had 348 pupils for 420 places. 72 places (17.1%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Midsomer Norton Primary” planning area

Bath and North East Somerset counted 210 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 186 in 2029–30, down 11%.

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 420420420420420420420420420420420
Pupils 387399413409405397383380347352348
Unfilled 7.9%5.0%1.7%2.6%3.6%5.5%8.8%9.5%17.4%16.2%17.1%

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 CofE Primary School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.8%2.6%2.7%2.6%3.1%2.0%4.2%3.2%3.7%3.0%
Unauthorised absence 0.4%0.4%0.5%0.7%0.8%0.4%0.8%0.7%0.9%0.7%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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, 2.6% of pupils at St John's CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.01.10.70.00.40.52.41.30.73.3
Permanent exclusions 000000000000

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 CofE Primary School had 21.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 15.114.213.713.211.611.811.914.112.010.511.511.5
Teachers who left state teaching 5.6%0.0%3.2%5.4%11.2%9.6%19.7%2.6%16.2%9.2%8.7%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 65.0%25.0%45.0%38.1%28.6%–60.0%70.0%19.0%50.0%42.1%–
Sick days per teacher 3.32.11.31.60.6–4.35.30.21.30.7–

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, 18.3% of pupils at St John's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 19 2
Speech, language and communication needs 16 5
No specialist assessment of need 15 0
Moderate learning difficulty 9 0
Specific learning difficulty 7 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 5
Physical disability 1 1
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Vision impairment 1 0

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 2024–25 St John's CofE Primary School received £6,106 and spent £6,427 for each of its 392 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £550,000 (£1,402 per pupil).

Across all 41 schools of Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership, income was £8,730 and spending £8,608 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £97,000£256,000£529,000£619,000£623,000£550,000
per pupil £227£628£1,252£1,650£1,554£1,402
In-year balance £230,000£35,000£369,000£61,000-£136,000-£126,000
per pupil £537£87£872£163-£340-£321

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Midsomer Norton Primary School
High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 2DR
0.3 miles
Longvernal Primary School
Clapton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 2LP
0.31 miles
Norton Hill Primary School
Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Somerset, BA3 2UD
0.61 miles
Welton Primary School
Radstock Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 2AG
0.7 miles
Westfield Primary School
Longfellow Road, Westfield, Radstock, Avon, BA3 3XX
0.73 miles
The Universal Farm
Manor Farm, Millards Hill, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2BW
0.78 miles
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Charlton Lane, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4BD
0.81 miles
Paulton Junior School
Plumptre Close, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QY
1.46 miles
Paulton Infant School
Plumptre Close, Paulton, Bristol, Somerset, BS39 7QY
1.46 miles
St Vigor & St John Church School
Wells Road, Chilcompton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4EX
1.82 miles
St Nicholas Church School
Kilmersdon Road, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 3QH
1.85 miles
Farrington Gurney Church of England Primary School
Church Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, BS39 6TY
2.03 miles
Trinity Church School
Woodborough Lane, Radstock, Bath, Somerset, BA3 3DE
2.19 miles
Kilmersdon Church School
School Lane, Kilmersdon, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 5TE
2.21 miles
St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Old Road, Writhlington, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 3NG
2.59 miles
High Littleton CofE VC Primary School
Church Hill, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6HF
2.65 miles
Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School
Farley Dell, Coleford, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 5PN
3.1 miles
St Mary's CofE Primary School
Lansdown View, Timsbury, Bath, Somerset, BA2 0JR
3.14 miles
Peasedown St John Primary School
Bath Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, Somerset, BA2 8DH
3.24 miles
Cameley CEVC Primary School
Meadway, Temple Cloud, Bristol, BS39 5BD
3.36 miles
Name Distance
Somervale Secondary School
Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 2JD
0.04 miles
Norton Hill Academy
Charlton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4AD
0.38 miles
Fosse Way School
Longfellow Road, Radstock, Bath, Somerset, BA3 3AL
0.67 miles
Downside School
2.15 miles
Somerset Studio School
Knobsbury Lane, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 3NQ
2.41 miles
Writhlington School
Knobsbury Lane, Writhlington, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 3NQ
2.43 miles
Newbury Manor School
Newbury Manor, Newbury, Near Mells, Frome, Somerset, BA11 3RG
3.23 miles

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St John's CofE Primary School is part of Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership, which runs 43 schools. The nearest others:

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

St John's CofE Primary School has 382 pupils on roll.

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

St John's CofE Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St John's CofE Primary School?

St John's CofE Primary School is at Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 2JN.

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