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St John the Baptist CofE Primary School

URN
120230
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
St John the Baptist CofE Primary School
URN
120230
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

64 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

46

Inspection

80

Admissions Value

56

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of primary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#30 of 64 schools in Leicester

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for St John the Baptist CofE Primary School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
  • Application portfolio balance across your shortlist
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
19 September 2023
Inspection date
21 June 2023
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 19 September 2023

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 19 September 2023

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

72

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

127

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

71

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.76×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Leicester
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Leicester)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.st-john.leicester.sch.uk/

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

80.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

70.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

76.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

61.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

LE2 1TE - East Avenue, Leicester, Leicestershire

Contact details

Address
East Avenue, Leicester, Leicestershire
Postcode
LE2 1TE
Phone
1162709932
Website
www.st-john.leicester.sch.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Leicester
Local authority code
856

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 276 schools in Leicester.

Authority statistics

Total schools

276

Open schools

142

Closed schools

134

Primary schools

149

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 19 September 2023

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 19 September 2023

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 19 September 2023

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 19 September 2023

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    19 September 202321 June 2023Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1GoodView report for inspection published 19 September 2023
    • Good

      Published
      19 September 2023
      Inspected
      21 June 2023
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    55.9%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 66

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    40

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary149 (54.2%)
    • Secondary40 (14.5%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other86 (31.3%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    St Crispin's Pre-Preparatory School259 mNot applicableClosed
    St Crispin's School259 mNot applicableOpen
    Richmond House School286 mNot applicableClosed
    Leicester Preparatory School351 mNot applicableOpen
    Leicester Islamic Academy424 mNot applicableOpen
    Woodbank Grammar School576 mNot applicableClosed
    Highfields Boys' Secondary School576 mNot applicableClosed
    Avenue Junior School586 mPrimaryClosed
    Avenue Infant and Nursery School586 mPrimaryClosed
    Avenue Primary School586 mPrimaryOpen
    • St Crispin's Pre-Preparatory School
      Distance
      259 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • St Crispin's School
      Distance
      259 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Richmond House School
      Distance
      286 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • Leicester Preparatory School
      Distance
      351 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Leicester)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Abbey Mead Primary AcademyPrimaryLE4 5HHOpen
    Abbey Primary Community SchoolPrimaryLE4 5HHClosed
    Alderman Richard Hallam Infant SchoolPrimaryLE4 0FGClosed
    Alderman Richard Hallam Junior SchoolPrimaryLE4 0FGClosed
    Alderman Richard Hallam Primary SchoolPrimaryLE4 0FQOpen
    • Abbey Mead Primary Academy
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      LE4 5HH
      Status
      Open
    • Abbey Primary Community School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      LE4 5HH
      Status
      Closed
    • Alderman Richard Hallam Infant School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      LE4 0FG
      Status
      Closed
    • Alderman Richard Hallam Junior School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      LE4 0FG
      Status
      Closed
    • Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School
    Leicester Islamic Academy
    Distance
    424 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Woodbank Grammar School
    Distance
    576 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Highfields Boys' Secondary School
    Distance
    576 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Avenue Junior School
    Distance
    586 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Avenue Infant and Nursery School
    Distance
    586 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Avenue Primary School
    Distance
    586 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    LE4 0FQ
    Status
    Open