St John's CofE School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Warminster, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.374 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St John's CofE School is a primary school in Warminster, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St John's CofE 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 | 0.374 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 22 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 15 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, 1.5 first choices per offer was the 3rd highest of 194 Wiltshire primary schools.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.374 miles away, the 5th shortest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wiltshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Boreham Road, Warminster, BA12 9JY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 103 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at St John’s Church of England Primary School arrive to a calm and welcoming start to the day.”
- “Staff greet them and their families warmly.”
- “The school’s nurturing ethos and commitment to St John's Way values are lived out by pupils.”
To improve
- “However, writing outcomes dipped at the end of key stage 2 in 2025.”
- “That said, there remains more to do in early writing to ensure that pupils successfully build on previous learning.”
- “However, in early writing, teaching does not identify errors in transcription and spelling precisely enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (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) | 45% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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 Wiltshire.
- New Close Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St George's Catholic Primary School, Warminster 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Minster CofE Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Princecroft Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crockerton CofE Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sutton Veny CofE School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published