Pendleton Road, Redhill, Surrey RH1 6QG
10 reasons to choose St John's Primary School
Top line
St John’s Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best state primary schools in Redhill and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 2 miles.
School fundamentals
St John’s Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 6 members of Greensand Multi Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection. It is one of the 20 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Surrey LEA.
Average class size
St John’s Primary School typically has one class per year, and an average class size of 24 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St John’s Primary School ranks in the top 8% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 27% of schools.
The St John's Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other 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 residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for sport.
Sport at St John's Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St John's Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Two choirs. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near St John's Primary School
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St Stephen’s Church of England Primary School, Godstone (5.8 miles); Banstead Community Junior School (6.5 miles); New Valley Primary School (6.6 miles).
Dunottar Day School for Girls (1.4 miles); Reigate Grammar School (1.4 miles); Caterham School (7.1 miles).
Reigate School (1 mile); St Bede’s School (1.9 miles); Royal Alexandra and Albert School (3.3 miles).