St John's Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2023
0.750 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 17 April 2023
2017–2022 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John's Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Southampton for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 June 2025. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2023 entry.
St John's Primary and Nursery 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 2023 | 0.750 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2023's last distance offered was 0.750 miles, the 2nd longest of the 4 Southampton primary schools with a published Reception 2023 last distance; the middle figure was 0.75 miles.
- Reception last distance swung sharply between some years; the 2023 figure was nearer the school than in 2022, and the 2023 figure was the shortest of the 4 years.
- In Reception 2026, 42 first-choice applications for 41 offers: 41 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southampton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- French Street, Old Town, Southampton, SO14 2AU
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 418 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and confident at this vibrant school.”
- “They demonstrate the school’s values of community, empathy and respect.”
- “For example, pupils talk about empathy as, ‘putting yourself in someone else’s shoes to understand how they feel’.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s approach to improving attendance has not had the desired impact for a significant number of pupils.”
- “This means that some pupils do not access and learn the school’s full curriculum offer.”
- “However, these positive achievements are not fully reflected in recent published outcomes for reading.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 July 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) | 40% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 41 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 Southampton.
- Hope Community School Southampton 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Springhill Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Mount Pleasant Infants 1.2 mi Not judged
- Mount Pleasant Juniors 1.3 mi Outstanding
- Banister Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woolston Infant School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Freemantle Church of England Community Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published