Primary school in BRIDGNORTH, Shropshire
St John's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Innage Gardens, BRIDGNORTH, Shropshire, WV16 4HW
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 10 July 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 193
- Places
- 210
- How full
- 92% full — 193 of 210 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 96 / 97
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Shropshire 033B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 37%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 16%
- Households owning their home
- 69%
- Households in social housing
- 11%
- Households with no car
- 18%
- Adults economically inactive
- 50%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Acting Headteacher: Christina Derwas
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Ward
- Bridgnorth Castle
- Constituency
- South Shropshire
- URN
- 151756
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Leonard's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 63% | 0.1 mi |
| Castlefields Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 83% | 0.7 mi |
| St. Mary's Bluecoat Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 0.8 mi |
| Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 50% | 2.6 mi |
| Worfield Endowed Church Of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | — | 3.1 mi |
| Claverley CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 81% | 5 mi |
| Barrow 1618 CofE Free SchoolFree schools | Good 2023 | 77% | 5.3 mi |
| John Wilkinson Primary School and NurseryAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2024 | — | 5.3 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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