St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Beacon Road, Bradford, BD6 3DQ – View on map
- Phone: 01274679030
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Ben Lavin
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 34 families put it first for 30 places – 11 for every 10 places. 82% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 35
- % eligible for free school meals: 17.8%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 25% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.2% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 92% moved to another school, 8% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- 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 Bradford: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 17 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (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 Bradford, 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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2012 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 44% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 16 percentage points below the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 56% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 64% · Maths 60% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 64%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 103
- Based on: 25 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: joint 138th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =135Worthinghead Primary School45%
- =138Parkwood Primary School44%
- =138St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School44%
- =140Clayton St John CofE Primary School43%
- =140Shipley CofE Primary School43%
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89th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #87St Columba's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
- #88St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
- #89St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #90St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #91St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,443 (2024-25)
95th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #93Low Ash Primary School£6,487
- #94St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£6,464
- #95St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School£6,443
- #96St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£6,442
- #97Lady Royd Primary School£6,427
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