St John the Divine Church of England Primary SchoolSt Joseph's Catholic Junior School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in London.

Summary of the comparison

St John the Divine Church of England Primary School and St Joseph's Catholic Junior School are primary schools in London.

  • St John the Divine Church of England Primary School scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Joseph's Catholic Junior School scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Joseph's Catholic Junior School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St John the Divine Church of England Primary School was judged Good and St Joseph's Catholic Junior School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 52.0% for St John the Divine Church of England Primary School and 67.0% for St Joseph's Catholic Junior School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St John the Divine Church of England Primary School (73.0% in 2022-23, 52.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at St Joseph's Catholic Junior School (72.0% in 2022-23, 67.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St John the Divine Church of England Primary School versus St Joseph's Catholic Junior School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LondonSt John the Divine Church of England Primary SchoolLondonSt Joseph's Catholic Junior SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC55/100C68/100Stronger figure
Local ranking39th of 58 in Lambeth 25th of 64 in Southwark
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 7-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll97 209
Capacity210 240
LocationLondon, SE5 0SX London, SE5 0TS
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard52.0% 67.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard5.0% 6.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score100.0 106.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census134 226
Free school meals (ever 6)43.2% 50.4%
English as an additional language73.1% 60.6%
SEN support14.2% 21.7%
SEN with an EHC plan3.0% 4.9%
Attendance
Overall absence7.7% 4.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence22.6% 15.1% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St John the Divine Church of England Primary School

St Joseph's Catholic Junior School

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