St John's CofE School

St John's CofE School demonstrates a strong performance overall, excelling in various aspects of student well-being, behaviour, and personal development. Leaders have created a positive school culture focused on safeguarding and high attendance, ensuring that nearly all pupils attend regularly and feel safe. The school has established strong relationships among pupils and staff, fostering an environment where students are encouraged to thrive academically and personally, and where their voices are heard in shaping school life. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in writing outcomes and ensuring that targets for pupils with special educational needs are closely aligned with their individual needs.

Strengths

• High student attendance and punctuality due to effective leadership.
• Strong relationships between pupils and staff promoting a positive school environment.
• Well-defined behaviour curriculum contributing to a purposeful atmosphere.
• Comprehensive personal development that meets the diverse needs of pupils.
• Effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Dipping writing outcomes at the end of key stage 2 in 2025.
• Need for more precise identification of misconceptions in writing.
• Targets for some pupils with SEND not closely matched to their needs.

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 School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.5% 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, 0.9% of pupils at St John's CofE 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 CofE School had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.9% 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, 9.7% of pupils at St John's CofE School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 2024–25 St John's CofE School received £8,039 and spent £7,597 for each of its 106 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £110,000 (£1,038 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Acorn Education Trust, income was £8,177 and spending £8,032 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). 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.

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All schools in Warminster · Wiltshire local authority: places and applications

St John's CofE School is part of Acorn Education Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Kingdown School Warminster
• New Close Primary School Warminster
• The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre Warminster
• Heytesbury Church of England Primary School Warminster
• Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School Westbury
• Chapmanslade Church of England Primary School Westbury
• West Ashton Church of England Primary School Trowbridge
• Willowbrook Primary School Trowbridge
• The Clarendon Academy Trowbridge
• Keevil CofE Primary School Trowbridge

What is St John's CofE School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St John's CofE School is Expected standard, from an inspection in April 2026.

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

St John's CofE School was last inspected in April 2026.

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

St John's CofE School has 103 pupils on roll.

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

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

What are St John's CofE 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 CofE School?

St John's CofE School is at Boreham Road, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 9JY.