St John's CofE Academy

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Worksop, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.147 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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St John's CofE Academy is a primary school in Worksop, Nottinghamshire for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 February 2024. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

St John's CofE 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	1.147 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2022	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2021	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2020	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2019	🔒 With a pass

And 1 earlier figure.

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 1.147 miles away, the 70th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.20 miles).
The Reception 2026 last distance was nearer than in 2025 and in 2020; every applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 7 years with a published outcome.
Reception 2026 drew 63 first-choice applications for 63 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 37th highest of 248 Nottinghamshire primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

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

Key facts

Address: Raymoth Lane, Worksop, S81 7LU
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 5–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 445 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 11.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 25.1

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 21 February 2024

Strengths

“The school’s motto, ‘belong, believe, achieve’, captures the impact of being a pupil at St John’s.”
“It is a happy school that pupils say they really feel part of.”
“They are keen to explain how they feel safe there because teachers care for them.”

To improve

“However, although the weaker readers usually are given books that help them, they sometimes receive books that are too hard.”
“Leaders know that they need to give staff more training in the new book-banding system.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 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)	65%	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: 63 first-preference applications, 63 offers in total, 63 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 Nottinghamshire.

Gateford Park Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Prospect Hill Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
Prospect Hill Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
Whipman Woods Flying High Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Norbridge Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
Redlands Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
Sir Edmund Hillary Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
The St Augustine's Academy 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published