St John's RC School (Essex)

State-Funded School

st-johns-rc-school-essex-essex-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

Epping ForestConstituency

IG8 8AXPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St John's RC School (Essex) is a state-funded special for pupils aged 5–19, 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 102 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 21 Apr 2026 · published 8 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

31%

Asian

22%

Black

20%

Mixed

23%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

102

Total Pupils

70%Boys

30%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

36%

England average

27%

First language not English

26%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 5 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 102
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

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 8 December 2021. 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
4 Mar 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.