St John's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Walsall, WS9 9NA
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Castlefort Academy
Castlefort Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, WS9 9JP
Ofsted: Strong
Primary
Phase
294
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Continues from Castlefort Junior Mixed and Infant School (URN 104204) since 1 September 2025. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 66.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 3.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 97.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 29
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 225
- Capacity
- 294 (0% full)
- SEND
- 11.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 40.3%
- EAL
- 0.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 9.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,208/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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 British: 81.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.7%
- Black African: 2.7%
- White Other: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Asian Indian: 1.3%
- Other: 1.3%
81.8%
White British
4.9%
Mixed White & Asian
2.7%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 152001
- UKPRN
- 10098538
- Establishment No.
- 2222
- Trust
- LIGHTHOUSE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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