Watford St John's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Watford, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)

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Watford St John's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Watford, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.

Watford St John's 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	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2025	Not published
Reception 2024	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2023	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2022	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2021	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2020	Not published
Reception 2019	Not published
Reception 2018	Not published
Reception 2017	Not published

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as was the case at 56 of the 364 other Hertfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
Reception 2026 had 41 first-choice applications for 53 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 67% 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%).
The school has 24.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.

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

Key facts

Address: 32 Clarendon Road, Watford, WD17 1JJ
Type: Free schools
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Church of England/Christian
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 401 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 12.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 24.3

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025

Strengths

“They play happily together at breaktimes.”
“They build friendships in a safe environment.”
“They feel safe because they trust the staff to listen and to help them when they have worries.”

To improve

“However, some pupils have not yet built strong enough subject knowledge or learned to read with confidence and fluency.”
“Since the previous inspection, leadership changes and challenges with staffing have slowed school improvements.”
“Although most pupils acquire the essential skills needed for their next stage of education by Year 6, inconsistencies remain.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (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)	67%	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: 41 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 41 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 Hertfordshire.

Central Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Chater Junior School 0.4 mi Not judged
Lanchester Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Chater Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
Field Junior School 0.6 mi Standards maintained
Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery) 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Laurance Haines School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Knutsford Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published