St John's Church of England Primary School

East SussexVoluntary aided school

School Lane, St John's, Crowborough, TN6 1SD

Headteacher: Mrs Laura CooperSchool website ↗Pupils: 205 (capacity: 210)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected March 2025
Oversubscribed
81% of first-choice applicants offered a place
66%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected March 2025
81%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 25 March 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Quality of Teaching
Good
Behaviour in School
Good
Pupils' Wider Development
Good
School Leadership
Good

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
66.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
7.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 79%·Writing 79%·Maths 83%All three 66%
Reading
Expected79%
Exceeding45%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected79%
Exceeding10%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected83%
Exceeding21%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
37
How many got their first choice?
30of 37 (81.1%)
How many applied in total?
80

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
21.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
3.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
17.0%
Boys and girls
45%girls·55%boys
92 girls, 113 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 83% (2017/18), currently 66%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1668.0%7.0%+0.9+0.2+2.1
2016/1771.0%3.0%+2.2-0.4+3.1
2017/1883.0%14.0%+1.9-0.3+0.9
2018/1970.0%13.0%-1.0-1.3-0.9
2022/2361.0%3.0%+1.2-2.9+0.4
2023/2473.0%3.0%---
2024/2566.0%7.0%---
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