St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School | Primary in Brighton, Brighton and Hove | Ofsted & DfE

40%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

196

Pupils · 2024/25

45%

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

40%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

196

Pupils · 2024/25

45%

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

40%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

196

Pupils · 2024/25

45%

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Not judged

Ofsted inspection · 24/09/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityBrighton and Hove

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio20.5:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

Overview of St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School · Primary · Brighton and Hove

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

40%

+6pp

69%52%34%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 40%

RWM higher standard

0pp

10%5%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

77%

Reading higher standard

37%

Writing expected standard

40%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

57%

Maths higher standard

10%

Science expected standard

77%

SPAG expected standard

73%

SPAG higher standard

27%

Reading scaled score

105.0

Maths scaled score

100.0

GPS scaled score

103.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

196

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

45%

FSM eligible

42%

SEN

20%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

22%

Contact

Address

Whitehawk Hill Road, Brighton, BN2 0AH

Local authority

Brighton and Hove

Website

www.stjohn.brighton-hove.sch.uk

Telephone

01273607924

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	40%	0%	77%	37%	40%	0%	57%	10%	77%	73%	105.0	100.0	103.0	—	—	—	20%	196
2023/24	34%	0%	69%	28%	38%	0%	45%	10%	52%	48%	106.0	100.0	100.0	—	—	—	16%	201
2022/23	50%	7%	68%	36%	61%	11%	64%	25%	86%	68%	106.0	103.0	105.0	+1.20	-1.00	-0.70	17%	195
2018/19	56%	7%	63%	30%	74%	11%	78%	22%	85%	89%	105.0	105.0	109.0	+0.20	-1.20	+0.10	18%	200
2017/18	69%	10%	90%	66%	79%	14%	90%	41%	97%	97%	109.0	107.0	110.0	+2.90	-1.50	+2.40	17%	202
2016/17	66%	10%	69%	38%	72%	10%	86%	14%	79%	79%	107.0	106.0	108.0	+0.50	-1.90	+0.90	12%	204

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	196	20.4	20%	45%	42%	8%	22%
2023/24	201	20.8	16%	45%	44%	9%	30%
2022/23	195	19.4	17%	45%	38%	7%	22%
2021/22	200	21.8	22%	42%	36%	8%	25%
2020/21	194	21.1	18%	44%	35%	—	—
2018/19	200	22.9	18%	50%	27%	4%	10%
2017/18	202	20.7	17%	52%	24%	5%	10%
2016/17	204	20.9	12%	34%	20%	4%	11%