St John's Primary and Nursery School

State-Funded School

st-johns-primary-and-nursery-school-southampton-south-east

South EastRegion

SouthamptonLocal Authority

Southampton ItchenConstituency

SO14 2AUPostcode

2.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

St John's Primary and Nursery School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Southampton, South East.

It currently serves 418 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 56%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

31%

Asian

33%

Black

13%

Mixed

14%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

418

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

37%

England average

27%

First language not English

67%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 418
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
20 Jul 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
24 Nov 2022	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
3 Feb 2012	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.