St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst Hill is a primary school located in Buckhurst Hill. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 18/10/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are average, progress in writing is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.1%, which is 0.9 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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High Road, Buckhurst Hill

School Information

Address: High Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5RX
Website: www.st-johns-school.com/
Telephone: 02085042934
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Essex
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Jonathan Furness
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 145599

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 18/10/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 5 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 420
Number of Pupils: 412
Number of Boys: 201
Number of Girls: 211

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 4.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -1.3 Confidence interval -2.9 to 0.4
Writing
Well Below Average: -2.7 Confidence interval -4.3 to -1.2
Maths
Average: -0.8 Confidence interval -2.3 to 0.6

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:68%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:9%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:106
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:107
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst Hill
High Road , IG9 5RX
3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School
Lower Queen's Road , IG9 6DS
- not rated 1,537 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Wells Primary School
Barclay Oval , IG8 0PP
4out of 4 1,608 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Antony's Catholic Primary School
Mornington Road , IG8 0TX
3out of 4 1,734 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Whitehall Primary School
90 Normanton Park , E4 6ES
3out of 4 1,738 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Heathcote School & Science College
Normanton Park , Chingford E4 6ES
3out of 4 1,655 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Trinity Catholic High School
Mornington Road , IG8 0TP
4out of 4 1,791 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Roding Valley High School
Alderton Hill , IG10 3JA
3out of 4 2,416 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Woodford County High School
High Road , IG8 9LA
4out of 4 2,906 yd Community school No Girls More About School
West Hatch High School
High Road , IG7 5BT
3out of 4 3,014 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Braeside School
130 High Road , IG9 5SD
- not rated 294 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Loyola Preparatory School
103 Palmerston Road , IG9 5NH
- not rated 295 yd Other independent school Yes Boys More About School
The Daiglen School
68 Palmerston Road , Buckhurst Hill IG9 5LG
- not rated 395 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Bancrofts Preparatory School
611-627 High Road , IG8 0RF
- not rated 1,270 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Bancrofts School
611-627 High Road , IG8 0RF
- not rated 1,270 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.