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St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 197 pupils Bradford
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St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Bradford for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 197 pupils on roll. In 2025, 44% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Beacon Road
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD6 3DQ
Phone 01274679030
Reference Number 142945

General Makeup

Number of pupils 197
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.22%
Girls: 51.78%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 24.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 9 18 27
2 13 11 24
3 12 18 30
4 12 17 29
5 17 14 31
6 14 13 27

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 55.3%
Pakistani 12.2%
African 9.6%
White, Other 5.1%
White & Asian 4.6%
Indian 3.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.5%
Mixed, Other 2%
Asian, Other 1.5%
Caribbean 1%
White & Black (African) 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 04 Feb 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
04 Feb 2025 School inspection
11 Jun 2019 Short inspection
06 Oct 2016 Academy conversion letter
20 Nov 2012 Full inspection:
Previously as St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
16 Jun 2008 Full inspection:
07 Jun 2005 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 44%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 4%

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 103
Maths 103

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 -0.5
Writing -0.8
Maths -1.6

How many students meet the standards

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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 12 1
Third Preference 12 1
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School had 193 pupils for 210 places. 17 places (8.1%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “BD6” planning area

Bradford counted 182 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 149 in 2029–30, down 18%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210210210210
Pupils 204208204203199196199193
Unfilled 2.9%1.0%2.9%3.3%5.2%6.7%5.2%8.1%

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 the Evangelist Catholic Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.4%2.6%2.7%4.0%4.3%3.3%3.5%
Unauthorised absence 0.8%1.0%0.5%1.3%1.5%0.7%0.9%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%1.7%1.2%0.0%0.0%1.1%

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, 2.1% of pupils at St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.01.03.02.06.7
Permanent exclusions 000000000

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 the Evangelist Catholic Primary School had 19.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.811.911.711.310.511.010.59.910.811.3
Teachers who left state teaching 9.6%9.9%20.7%0.0%8.6%15.8%4.3%0.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –18.2%31.3%–37.5%53.3%40.0%35.7%25.0%–
Sick days per teacher –0.60.9–1.04.13.31.90.4–

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, 16.8% of pupils at St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 16 4
Social, emotional and mental health 10 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 3
No specialist assessment of need 3 0
Specific learning difficulty 2 0
Hearing 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 the Evangelist Catholic Primary School received £6,927 and spent £6,719 for each of its 194 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £169,000 (£870 per pupil).

Across all 19 schools of Blessed Christopher Wharton Catholic Academy Trust, income was £7,636 and spending £7,721 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £75,000£125,000£166,000£194,000£180,000£137,000£169,000
per pupil £360£609£811£970£914£697£870
In-year balance £109,000£70,000£57,000£80,000-£12,000-£24,000£40,000
per pupil £526£339£279£400-£61-£122£208

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
Reevy Hill Primary School
Bedale Drive, Buttershaw, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 3ST
0.39 miles
Home Farm Primary School
Home Farm Close, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 3NR
0.39 miles
Hollingwood Academy
Hollingwood Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 4BE
0.5 miles
Stocks Lane Primary School
Stocks Lane, Clayton Heights, Queensbury, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 2RH
0.73 miles
Farfield Primary and Nursery School
Reevy Crescent, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 2BS
0.75 miles
Brackenhill Primary School
Dracup Road, Great Horton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 4HA
0.78 miles
Southmere Primary Academy
Ewart Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 3NR
0.93 miles
Clayton Village Academy
John Street, Clayton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD14 6AD
0.96 miles
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Bradford Road, Clayton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD14 6HW
0.99 miles
Clayton St John CofE Primary School
Bradford Road, Clayton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD14 6DD
1.07 miles
St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School
Meadow Close, Greenacres Estate, Shelf, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 7QU
1.09 miles
St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy
Cross Lane, Great Horton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 3JT
1.15 miles
Wibsey Primary School
North Road, Wibsey, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 1RL
1.15 miles
St Paul's CofE Primary School
St Paul's Avenue, Buttershaw, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 1ST
1.18 miles
Canterbury Nursery School and Centre for Children and Families
Basil Street, Bradford, BD5 9HL
1.21 miles
St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
St Paul's Avenue, Wibsey, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 1SR
1.3 miles
Horton Park Primary School
Dawnay Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5 9LQ
1.34 miles
Woodside Academy
Fenwick Drive, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 2PG
1.39 miles
Horton Grange Primary School
Spencer Road, Great Horton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 2EU
1.4 miles
Farnham Academy
Stratford Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 3HU
1.46 miles
Name Distance
Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy
Reevy Road West, Buttershaw, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 3PX
0.58 miles
Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria
Thornton View Road, Clayton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD14 6JX
0.64 miles
Co-op Academy Southfield
Haycliffe Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5 9ET
0.99 miles
Broadbeck Learning Centre
Brearcliffe Drive, Buttershaw, Bradford, West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, BD6 2LE
1.02 miles
Co-op Academy Grange
Co-Op Academy Grange, Haycliffe Lane, Bradford, BD5 9ET
1.11 miles
Millcourt School
2 Shelf Mills, Wade House, Shelf, Halifax, HX3 7PA
1.22 miles
Eternal Light
Christopher Street, Off Little Horton Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5 9DH
1.42 miles
Dixons Kings Academy
Northside Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 2AN
1.52 miles
Beckfoot Thornton
Leaventhorpe Lane, Thornton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 3BH
1.61 miles
Eden Springs Girls Secondary
36 Greaves Street, Bradford, BD5 7PE
1.68 miles
Trinity Academy Bradford
Deanstones Lane, Bradford, BD13 2AS
1.8 miles
Dixons McMillan Academy
Trinity Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5 0JD
1.94 miles
Dixons City Academy
Ripley Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5 7RR
2.01 miles
Dixons Trinity Academy
Trinity Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5 0BE
2.03 miles
Dixons Allerton Academy
Rhodesway, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 0DH
2.05 miles
The Fountain School
109 - 111 New Cross Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, Bradford, BD5 8BP
2.07 miles
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford
Syedna Way, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 9AR
2.11 miles
Dixons Sixth Form, Bradford
Bowling Old Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5 7JR
2.14 miles
Bradford College
Great Horton Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1AY
2.21 miles
Prism Independent School
Walker Drive, Girlington, Bradford, BD8 9ES
2.25 miles

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How many pupils does St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School have?

St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School has 197 pupils on roll.

What age range does St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School cover?

St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 44% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School?

St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School is at Beacon Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 3DQ.

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