St John's Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Woking, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.68 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St John's Primary School is a primary school in Woking, Surrey for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 February 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St John's 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 | 0.68 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.48 mi |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.68 miles away, the 36th shortest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- 34.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 17.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Surrey schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Victoria Road, Knaphill, Woking, GU21 2AS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 248 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at this nurturing and improving school.”
- “Pupils experience a good quality of education at all stages.”
- “In these classes, dedicated and caring staff enable the youngest children to explore carefully chosen activities.”
To improve
- “While the school provides additional support for these pupils, it is not fully effective.”
- “This means that these pupils do not catch up in reading as quickly as they could.”
- “Occasionally, however, teachers do not ensure that all pupils’ needs are consistently met.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 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) | 46% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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 Surrey.
- St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Hermitage Infant School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Hermitage Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Beaufort Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Knaphill Junior School 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- Knaphill Infant School and Nursery 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Sythwood Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brookwood Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published