St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Portsmouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.245 miles
Published by Portsmouth City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Portsmouth for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 July 2022. Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St John's Cathedral Catholic 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 | 0.245 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.691 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.913 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.352 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 2.844 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.968 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.841 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 1.526 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.18 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.245 miles away, the shortest of 16 Portsmouth primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.57 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 47 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 went to first-choice families, and 17 first-choice families (36%) were not offered a place.
- Its 1.6 first choices per Reception offer in 2026 was the highest of 36 Portsmouth primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Portsmouth schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Cottage View, Landport, Portsmouth, PO1 1PX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 237 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 July 2022
Strengths
- “The atmosphere at the school is calm, joyful and purposeful.”
- “Pupils behave extremely well and take great delight in learning and working together.”
- “Children in the early years share and take turns while listening to each other attentively.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, particular elements of the curriculum are not as strong as others.”
- “For example, leaders recognise that pupils’ reasoning in mathematics is not as well developed as other aspects of their mathematical knowledge.”
- “Leaders have rightly identified that pupils would benefit from exposure to an even wider range of types of books and texts and plan to address this.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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) | 83% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Portsmouth.
- Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ark Ayrton Primary Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Penbridge Infant School & Nursery 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ark Dickens Primary Academy 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Manor Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bramble Infant School and Nursery 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Fernhurst Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good