Pemberton Gardens, Upper Holloway, London N19 5RR
10 reasons to choose St John's Upper Holloway Church of England Primary School
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St John’s Upper Holloway Church of England Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 66. It is one of the best state primary schools in Upper Holloway and one of the 7 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
St John’s Upper Holloway Church of England Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. It is a Church of England voluntary aided faith school. Though Ofsted no longer makes an an overall effectiveness judgement, its Report Card judgements imply an Expected Standard rating for the school in its last (2026) inspection.
Average class size
St John’s Upper Holloway Church of England Primary School has one class per year, and an average class size of 25 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025 show that St John’s Upper Holloway Church of England Primary School achieves above average attainment results. By the same measure but for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2023, progress score rank the school in the top 24% of schools.
The St John's Upper Holloway Church of England Primary School curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Christian social morality and also includes PSHE, Spanish. There is topic-based teaching for some foundation subjects. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
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 Upper Holloway 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 Upper Holloway Church of England Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 8.00am to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
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