Primary school

St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School

  • Voluntary Aided School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Church of England
  • Barnet
  • N20 0PL

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 687 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 5%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 41%41%2016/17: top 68%2017/18: top 13%2018/19: top 12%2022/23: top 2%2% · 2022/232023/24: top 8%2024/25: top 5%No exams

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM87% · London 72%9/10 Top 20%+7.7 pts
Higher standard, RWM13% · London 12%6/10 Middle−13.8 pts
Reading score110 · London 1079/10 Top 20%
Maths score112 · London 10710/10 Top 10%
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 59% · 27 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 55% · 29 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 83% · 29 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 83% · 30 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 90% · 30 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 83% · 29 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 87% · 30 pupils · London 72%90%55%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 4% · 27 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 24% · 29 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 10% · 29 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 17% · 30 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 23% · 30 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 14% · 29 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 13% · 30 pupils · London 12%24%4%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 107 · 27 pupils · London 1032016/17: 105 · 29 pupils · London 1052017/18: 109 · 29 pupils · London 1062018/19: 109 · 30 pupils · London 1062022/23: 108 · 30 pupils · London 1062023/24: 109 · 29 pupils · London 1072024/25: 110 · 30 pupils · London 107110105No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 106 · 27 pupils · London 1042016/17: 105 · 29 pupils · London 1062017/18: 108 · 29 pupils · London 1062018/19: 111 · 30 pupils · London 1072022/23: 110 · 30 pupils · London 1062023/24: 108 · 29 pupils · London 1062024/25: 112 · 30 pupils · London 107112105No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in60.9%
28 of 46 who put it first2014 · 63.6%2026 · 60.9%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st4628
2nd321
3rd250
Last distance offered
  • 2024/25401 m
  • 2023/24589 m
  • 2019/20650 m

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Good
  2. 2012Good
  3. 2016Ungraded visit
  4. 2022Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · 3 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Jul 2022

Strengths

  • “Pupils are rightly very proud of their school.”
  • “They show this by working hard, looking after their environment and taking care of each other.”
  • “Pupils said they enjoy school so much because everyone knows everyone.”

To improve

  • “Assessment procedures in the foundation subjects do not focus closely enough on whether pupils have learned and remembered specific subject content.”
  • “Because of this, leaders have introduced a new approach which aims to check precisely pupils’ knowledge in each subject.”
  • “Leaders should make sure that the new procedures are embedded throughout the school.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026242
Free school meals (past 6 years)10.4%
First language not English36.3%
SEN support13.7%
EHC plan2.8%
Absence (sessions missed)3.0%
Persistently absent pupils1.1%

Girls 48.8%Boys 51.2%

102.5% full · 236 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher20.6
Pupils per adult11.8
  • Classroom teachers 10.5
  • Leadership 1
  • Teaching assistants 7.9
  • Other support 2.3

Teachers 11.5 FTE · Whole workforce 21.7 · 31 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£7,794
Spend per pupil£7,673
Staff spend per pupil£5,469
Reserve per pupil£737
  • +£174,744revenue reserve
  • +£28,491in-year balance

Grants £6,815 · self-generated £978 · premises £376 per pupil