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St John’s Highbury Vale Church of England Primary School

Conewood Street, Highbury, London N5 1DL

St John's Highbury Vale Church of England Primary School

10 reasons to choose St John's Highbury Vale Church of England Primary School

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St John’s Highbury Vale Church of England Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Highbury and one of the 5 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.

School fundamentals

St John’s Highbury Vale Church of England Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Church of England voluntary aided faith school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.

Average class size

St John’s Highbury Vale Church of England Primary School has one class per year, and an average class size of 29 pupils.

Exam results

Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St John’s Highbury Vale Church of England Primary School ranks in the top 14% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 10% of schools.

The St John's Highbury Vale Church of England Primary School curriculum

School curriculum emphasises Christian social morality and also includes PSHE, French. There is topic-based teaching for some foundation subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.

More on the curriculum

There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.

Specialist teaching

Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.

Sport at St John's Highbury Vale Church of England Primary School

School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.

The Arts at St John's Highbury Vale Church of England Primary School

Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.

Wraparound care

Out of school hours care from 8.00am to 6.00pm.

Find another school near St John's Highbury Vale Church of England Primary School

Independent Prep Schools

St Paul’s Steiner School (1 mile); Rosemary Works School (1.6 miles); The Gower School (1.9 miles).

State Primary Schools

Gillespie Primary School (0.2 miles); Betty Layward Primary School (0.7 miles); Grafton Primary School (0.8 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

North Bridge House Senior Canonbury (1.1 miles); Channing School (2.7 miles).

State Senior Schools

Highbury Grove School (0.6 miles); Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form (1 mile); Highbury Fields School (1 mile).

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