St John's Primary School

About St John's Primary School

St John’s Primary School in Ealing is a state primary for children aged 3 to 11, currently home to 476 pupils against a total capacity of 730. That leaves a fair amount of physical room, but the school is clearly in high demand: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 201 applications for just 60 places, an oversubscription ratio of 3.35 to one. Only 47 of those offers went to first-preference families, despite 57 first-preference applications being submitted. The pupil body is notably diverse in socioeconomic terms, with 35.5 per cent of children eligible for free school meals — well above the national primary average of around 23 per cent. That context makes the school’s performance all the more striking. It is one of only 14 primary schools in Ealing rated Outstanding by Ofsted, and the nearest other Outstanding option, Oaklands Primary School, sits 0.9 kilometres away.

Academically, St John’s delivers strong results that place it comfortably among the top quarter of primary schools nationally. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 79 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — eight percentage points above the Ealing local authority average of 71 per cent. The school ranks 15th out of 65 primaries in the borough on that metric, putting it in the top 25 per cent locally. Subject-level scores are solid: average reading and maths scaled scores both sit at 107, and 96 per cent of pupils met the expected standard in maths specifically. At the higher end, 33 per cent achieved a high score in reading and 21 per cent in maths. Ofsted’s May 2024 inspection awarded top marks across every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — upgrading the school from its previous Good rating.

The school offers a broad set of facilities including a library, gymnasium, art studios, a forest school and an outdoor playground, plus a chapel on site. Sports provision covers cricket, netball, swimming, rounders and cross country, while after-school clubs include coding, drama and art club. St John’s also has a nursery provision for three-year-olds. Its SEND support is extensive, with a resourced provision and specialist programmes for pupils with autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language needs, dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, hearing impairment and social, emotional and mental health needs. For families seeking a high-performing, inclusive state primary in Ealing that serves a genuinely mixed catchment, St John’s is a strong fit — though the oversubscription figures mean securing a place is far from guaranteed, particularly for families outside the immediate priority area.

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