St John Fisher Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

Epping ForestConstituency

IG10 2DYPostcode

2.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St John Fisher Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Essex, East of England.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 268 pupils. St John Fisher Catholic Primary School is part of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 2 Dec 2025 · published 2 Feb 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 48%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

71%

Asian

Black

Mixed

16%

Unclassified

Pupils

268

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

25%

England average

27%

First language not English

28%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 268
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
18 Oct 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.