St John's Roman Catholic Primary School | School performance

92%

RWM expected · 2024/25

23%

RWM higher · 2024/25

228

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

92%

RWM expected · 2024/25

23%

RWM higher · 2024/25

228

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

92%

RWM expected · 2024/25

23%

RWM higher · 2024/25

228

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 30/10/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySouthwark

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio28.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

Overview of St John's Roman Catholic Primary School · Primary · Southwark

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

92%

+12pp

92%86%80%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 92%

RWM higher standard

23%

+10pp

23%18%13%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 23%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

96%

Reading higher standard

42%

Writing expected standard

92%

Writing higher standard

31%

Maths expected standard

96%

Maths higher standard

42%

Science expected standard

96%

SPAG expected standard

96%

SPAG higher standard

50%

Reading scaled score

108.0

Maths scaled score

107.0

GPS scaled score

110.0

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

228

Pupil : teacher ratio

28.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

31%

FSM eligible

30%

SEN

15%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

13%

Contact

Address

St Elmo's Road, Rotherhithe, London, SE16 6SD

Local authority

Southwark

Website

www.stjohnsrotherhithe.co.uk/

Telephone

02072521859

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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	92%	23%	96%	42%	92%	31%	96%	42%	96%	96%	108.0	107.0	110.0	—	—	—	15%	228
2023/24	80%	13%	97%	37%	93%	23%	80%	20%	90%	87%	109.0	106.0	107.0	—	—	—	19%	229
2022/23	85%	15%	88%	38%	88%	23%	92%	46%	88%	77%	108.0	109.0	109.0	+3.00	+3.70	+4.90	18%	218
2018/19	89%	15%	100%	41%	89%	26%	96%	30%	89%	93%	109.0	107.0	111.0	+3.00	+0.40	+1.30	13%	237
2017/18	88%	16%	88%	24%	88%	24%	88%	36%	88%	84%	107.0	108.0	108.0	+2.40	+2.40	+3.90	10%	234
2016/17	75%	21%	88%	29%	83%	21%	92%	29%	88%	79%	106.0	107.0	108.0	+3.60	+1.30	+4.00	10%	233

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	228	28.0	15%	31%	30%	5%	13%
2023/24	229	28.7	19%	36%	29%	5%	12%
2022/23	218	27.7	18%	38%	35%	7%	18%
2021/22	230	29.0	20%	40%	37%	6%	16%
2020/21	229	23.5	17%	37%	33%	—	—
2018/19	237	18.0	13%	37%	38%	4%	7%
2017/18	234	17.8	10%	33%	42%	4%	9%
2016/17	233	30.2	10%	31%	44%	5%	9%