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St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

Primary Ages 4-11 193 pupils Bridgnorth
Ofsted: Requires Improvement
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St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is an academy converter in Bridgnorth for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Catholic religious character. It has 193 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in July 2024 of its predecessor, St John's Catholic Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: June 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Catholic
Address Innage Gardens
Bridgnorth
Shropshire
WV16 4HW
Reference Number 151756

General Makeup

Number of pupils 193
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.26%
Girls: 49.74%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 4.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 23.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 33

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 11 11 22
2 17 13 30
3 13 11 24
4 19 15 34
5 17 12 29
6 11 25 36

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 95.9%
White, Other 1.6%
Mixed, Other 1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
White & Asian 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St John's Catholic Primary School, inspected in July 2024.

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
05 Jun 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 14 0
Third Preference 12 1
From another Local Authority 2 2

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).

In 2025–26 St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 13.3
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 13.0% of pupils at St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 11 0
Moderate learning difficulty 8 1
Speech, language and communication needs 2 3
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 0
Other difficulty or disability 0 1
Severe learning difficulty 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 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.

Name Distance
St Leonard's CofE Primary School
Innage Lane, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 4HL
0.13 miles
Castlefields Primary School
Castlefields, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 5DQ
0.66 miles
St. Mary's Bluecoat Church of England Primary School
Lodge Lane, The Grove, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV15 5EQ
0.77 miles
Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary School
Morville, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 4RJ
2.59 miles
Worfield Endowed Church Of England Primary School
Main Street, Worfield, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV15 5LF
3.13 miles
Name Distance
Bridgnorth Endowed School
Northgate, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 4ER
0.17 miles
Oldbury Wells School
Oldbury Wells, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 5JD
0.58 miles

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What is St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in July 2024 of its predecessor, St John's Catholic Primary School.

When was St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy have?

St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy has 193 pupils on roll.

What age range does St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy cover?

St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?

St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is at Innage Gardens, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 4HW.

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