St John's Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Redhill, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.50 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
St John's Primary School is a primary school in Redhill, Surrey for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2023. 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 | 0.50 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.49 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.39 mi |
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 0.50 miles away, the 19th shortest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2026 the Reception last distance was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance, about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2024.
- For Reception 2026 there were 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 24 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Pendleton Road, Redhill, RH1 6QG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 206 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 June 2023
Strengths
- “This is a school where pupils, staff, parents and carers celebrate the value of community.”
- “Leaders understand the local context and ensure that the curriculum meets the needs of the learners, both academically and through wider opportunities.”
- “The creatively planned residential trips are carefully sequenced to develop pupils’ independence.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise that these are more developed in some subjects than in others.”
- “However, in some lessons the approach for deepening learning is less well developed.”
- “This means that there are groups of children who do not achieve to the extent that they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 July 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) | 64% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 24 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.
- Earlswood Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hatchlands Primary 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Reigate Parish Church Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Earlswood Junior School 0.7 mi Good
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wray Common Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dovers Green School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published