St Johns Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Canterbury, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.454 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Johns Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Canterbury, Kent for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 January 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Johns Church of England 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 | 3.454 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.454 miles away, the 144th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026: 35 first-choice applications for 43 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
- The school has 15.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St John's Place, Northgate, Canterbury, CT1 1BD
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 427 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 January 2024
Strengths
- “St John’s is a diverse school where pupils feel valued and respected.”
- “This is evident through the strong, caring relationships between staff and pupils.”
- “The school has created a culture of mutual respect through its Christian ethos and values.”
To improve
- “The school is on a journey to ensure that its increased ambition is fully reflected in pupils’ achievements.”
- “Pupils are learning increasingly well, but some variability remains.”
- “There is variation in the effectiveness of how well gaps in learning are identified.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 March 2024 (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) | 38% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 35 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 Kent.
- St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Methodist Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Stephen's Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Stephen's Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Parkside Community Foundation Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Canterbury Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pilgrims' Way Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Wincheap Foundation Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published