St John's Wood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Westminster
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Westminster City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St John's Wood Primary School is a primary school in London, Westminster for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 February 2025. Westminster has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
St John's Wood Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | 0.499 mi |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2018 | 2.031 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.766 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 23 of the 31 other Westminster primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 3 of the 9 earlier Reception years places ran out and a last distance was published; the distance swung sharply between some years.
- Reception in 2026 had 32 first-choice applications for 50 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 31 Westminster primary schools.
- The school has 42.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westminster.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Westminster schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bridgeman Street, St John's Wood, London, NW8 7AL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Westminster
- Pupils on roll
- 428 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 42.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils describe their school as welcoming, kind and inclusive.”
- “Pupils are polite and keen to help others.”
- “They are rewarded for demonstrating the school’s values of ‘trust, fairness and respect’.”
To improve
- “At times, however, teaching does not routinely check that pupils are secure in their basic understanding of important ideas before they are moved on through the curriculum.”
- “Teachers do not adjust teaching consistently well when errors or misconceptions arise.”
- “This means that some pupils do not securely build the knowledge they need to successfully complete more advanced tasks.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 66% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 32 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Westminster.
- Gateway Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's RC Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Christ Church Bentinck CofE Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mary's Bryanston Square CofE School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Augustines Federated Schools: CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Saviour's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hampden Gurney CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published