St John
General Information
- Address: Boothroyd Lane, Dewsbury, WF13 2LP – View on map
- Phone: 01924325323
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Aidan Blackburn
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 31 families put it first for 29 places – 11 for every 10 places. 87% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area.
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 52
- % eligible for free school meals: 21.7%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the Kirklees average)
- English as an additional language: 45% (England 22%)
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Kirklees: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 13 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Kirklees, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
Year 6 SATs results for this school haven't been added yet.
Financials
Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.
View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)