St John's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Horsham, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Horsham, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 September 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St John's 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 18 first-choice applications for 22 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 24th lowest of 205 West Sussex primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 60% 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 West Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Blackbridge Lane, Horsham, RH12 1RR
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 203 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this friendly school.”
- “Pupils form very positive relationships with one another.”
- “They welcome pupils who are new to the school into play activities.”
To improve
- “However, this is not embedded in some subjects that have been recently reviewed.”
- “This means that some pupils have gaps in their knowledge and teachers do not routinely pick this up quickly enough.”
- “However, too many older pupils struggle to recall multiplication facts.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 October 2023 (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) | 60% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 18 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 West Sussex.
- Arunside School, Horsham 0.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenway Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Trafalgar Community Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shelley Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingslea Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- North Heath Community Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heron Way Primary School 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published