St John's CofE (C) Primary School
General Information
- Address: Wombourne Road, Swindon, Dudley, DY3 4NB – View on map
- Phone: 01384273865
- Headteacher: Mrs Donna Calloway
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 13 families put it first for 13 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 13 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 10
- % eligible for free school meals: 13.2%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the South Staffordshire average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 0% a year (South Staffordshire 15.6%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Staffordshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 12 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
- Suspensions for bullying: 8 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 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 Staffordshire (the council area this school is in), 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.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 22.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 47% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 17 percentage points below the South Staffordshire average (64%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 52% against an expected 49%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 52%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 59% · Writing 59% · Maths 65% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 59%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106
- Based on: 17 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 18th of 19 junior and primary schools in the area
- #16Landywood Primary School62%
- #17Havergal CofE (C) Primary School59%
- #18St John's CofE (C) Primary School47%
- #19All Saints CofE Primary School, Bednall33%
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15th of 23 primary schools in South Staffordshire for Ofsted rating
- #13Princefield First SchoolGood
- #14St Benedict Biscop CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #15St John's CofE (C) Primary SchoolGood
- #16St John's Primary AcademyGood
- #17St Mary and St Chad CofE First SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,512 (2024-25)
3rd of 32 primary schools in South Staffordshire for spending per pupil
- #1All Saints CofE Primary School, Bednall£14,083
- #2Corbett VA CofE Primary School£10,288
- #3St John's CofE (C) Primary School£8,512
- #4St Chad's CofE (VC) First School£8,443
- #5St Mary's Catholic Primary School£8,291
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