St John's Primary Academy

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.283 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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St John's Primary Academy is a primary school in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.

St John's Primary Academy 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	1.283 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass

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 1.283 miles away, the 27th longest of the 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published last distance.
The Reception last distance was nearer in 2026 than in 2025 or 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
For Reception 2026, there were 108 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 90 offers went to first-choice families, and 18 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Hobnock Road, Essington, Wolverhampton, WV11 2RF
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 712 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 11% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 24.2

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 24 January 2023

Strengths

“Staff and pupils wear the eagle badge of St John’s Primary Academy with pride.”
“Staff care deeply about the pupils and families that make up the school community.”
“Parents value greatly, and appreciate, the exceptional care and support provided by staff.”

To improve

“However, in a very small number of subjects, pupils do not make as much progress as they could.”
“However, in a small number of subjects, the key skills and knowledge that pupils are expected to learn are not set out precisely.”
“Therefore, in these subjects, it is not clear what some teachers want pupils to learn and be able to do.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 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)	70%	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: 108 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 90 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 Staffordshire.

Featherstone Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
Havergal CofE (C) Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good
Landywood Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Cheslyn Hay Primary Academy 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade
Glenthorne Community Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
Moat Hall Primary Academy 2.7 mi Not judged
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bridgtown Primary School 3.4 mi Standards maintained