St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend | Primary in Gravesend, Gravesham | Ofsted & DfE

73%

RWM expected · 2024/25

23%

RWM higher · 2024/25

881

Pupils · 2024/25

38%

EAL · 2024/25

10%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

73%

RWM expected · 2024/25

23%

RWM higher · 2024/25

881

Pupils · 2024/25

38%

EAL · 2024/25

10%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

73%

RWM expected · 2024/25

23%

RWM higher · 2024/25

881

Pupils · 2024/25

38%

EAL · 2024/25

10%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 18/10/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityKent

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio23.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

Overview of St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend · Primary · Kent

Part ofKENT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' PARTNERSHIP

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

73%

0pp

80%76%71%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 73%

RWM higher standard

23%

+17pp

23%15%6%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 23%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

77%

Reading higher standard

41%

Writing expected standard

86%

Writing higher standard

30%

Maths expected standard

83%

Maths higher standard

33%

Science expected standard

88%

SPAG expected standard

78%

SPAG higher standard

33%

Reading scaled score

106.0

Maths scaled score

106.0

GPS scaled score

106.0

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

881

Pupil : teacher ratio

23.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

38%

FSM eligible

19%

SEN

11%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

10%

Contact

Address

Rochester Road, Gravesend, DA12 2SY

Local authority

Kent

Website

http://www.stjohnsprimary.kent.sch.uk

Telephone

01474534546

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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	73%	23%	77%	41%	86%	30%	83%	33%	88%	78%	106.0	106.0	106.0	—	—	—	11%	881
2023/24	73%	6%	83%	28%	89%	19%	83%	26%	87%	81%	106.0	105.0	107.0	—	—	—	12%	878
2022/23	71%	7%	78%	35%	86%	13%	80%	30%	89%	81%	106.0	105.0	106.0	+0.90	+1.80	+0.90	8%	886
2018/19	80%	17%	85%	33%	87%	21%	85%	36%	88%	85%	106.0	107.0	108.0	+2.70	+2.30	+2.50	6%	780
2017/18	74%	11%	82%	27%	87%	22%	86%	27%	86%	88%	106.0	105.0	107.0	+0.40	+1.00	+0.70	—	759
2016/17	65%	11%	71%	28%	84%	21%	80%	25%	79%	81%	105.0	105.0	107.0	-1.40	-0.40	-0.80	5%	722

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	881	25.5	11%	38%	19%	5%	10%
2023/24	878	22.4	12%	39%	20%	5%	10%
2022/23	886	24.8	8%	35%	17%	5%	9%
2021/22	861	23.0	7%	36%	18%	6%	11%
2020/21	840	23.6	7%	38%	15%	—	—
2018/19	780	23.3	6%	39%	12%	3%	3%
2017/18	—	21.6	—	—	—	3%	4%
2016/17	722	20.3	5%	36%	13%	3%	3%