Primary school in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset
St John's Catholic Primary School
Oldfield Lane, Bath, Somerset, BA2 3NR
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 September 2023.
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
- 325
- Places
- 315
- How full
- Full — 325 pupils against 315 places
- Girls / boys
- 170 / 155
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Bath and North East Somerset 014B, 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
- 36%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 9%
- Households owning their home
- 50%
- Households in social housing
- 18%
- Households with no car
- 30%
- Adults economically inactive
- 52%
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
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- THE DUNSTAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Angela Bennett Tom Simmons
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Ward
- Oldfield Park
- Constituency
- Bath
- URN
- 151806
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldfield Park Junior SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 63% | 0.3 mi |
| Moorlands Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 0.3 mi |
| Moorlands Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 55% | 0.3 mi |
| Oldfield Park Infant SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | — | 0.5 mi |
| St Philip's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 78% | 0.9 mi |
| Roundhill Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 28% | 0.9 mi |
| The Paragon School, Junior School of Prior Park CollegeOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.9 mi |
| Widcombe Infant SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | — | 1.1 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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