St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst Hill

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

Epping ForestConstituency

IG9 5RXPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst Hill is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Essex, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 412 pupils. St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst Hill is part of EPPING FOREST SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 56%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

71%

Asian

11%

Black

<1%

Mixed

13%

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

412

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

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: Least deprived
Total pupils: 412
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: EPPING FOREST SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 23 June 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
14 Nov 2013	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.