Watford St John's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F38
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Watford, WD17 1JJ
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Central Primary School
Derby Road, Watford, WD17 2LX
Local ranking263rd of 388 primary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
450
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 24 February 2026.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 69.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 6.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 48
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 411
- Boys
- 191 (48%)
- Girls
- 208 (52%)
- Capacity
- 450 (89% full)
- SEND
- 19.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.9%
- EAL
- 71.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 16.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,807/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White Other: 25.4%
- Black African: 14.2%
- Asian Indian: 12.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 11.0%
- White British: 10.3%
- Asian Other: 6.8%
- Mixed Other: 5.4%
- Other: 5.1%
25.4%
White Other
14.2%
Black African
12.2%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Derby Road
Watford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 117156
- UKPRN
- 10077244
- Establishment No.
- 2116
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