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Primary school in Caterham, Surrey

St John's CofE Aided Primary School

Markfield Road, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 6RN

Ofsted Good · 2022 Church of England
School website 01883342009
Ofsted Good November 2022
Met the expected standard 61% around the middle nationally
Chance of a place 100% of first choices offered
Local deprivation 9/10 less deprived

Ofsted

Goodas at 9 November 2022

Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 9 November 2022.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Current published outcome
Good
Last overall grade in this dataset
Good
Days since inspection
1,423 days
Framework era
Historic overall-grade framework (ended September 2024)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

Key stage 2 results 2024/25

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

61% England 60.7%

Reached the higher standard

7% England 8.1%

Average reading score

106 England 105.3

Average maths score

104 England 104.1

On the headline measure this school is around the middle of state-funded primaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

There are no progress measures for primary schools any more. They were calculated from a key stage 1 baseline, and statutory key stage 1 tests ended in 2023, so nothing has been published since. That makes attainment the only official measure — and attainment tracks intake closely, which is why the comparison against similar schools above is the more useful of the two lines.

Getting a place 2026/27 entry

About as many first choices as places. Of the 50 families who named this school as their first choice, 100% were offered a place.

Places offered
56

for entry into Reception

Named it first choice
50
First choices per place
0.89

England average 1.00

First choices offered a place
100%

England 95.1%

First preferences per place are up 25% on three years ago.

These are offers made on national offer day for 2026/27 entry, from the local authority's co-ordinated admissions round. They exclude later movement — waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions — so a school shown as oversubscribed may still have places by September.

Oversubscription measures popularity, not quality, and the two are not the same thing: a school can be heavily oversubscribed because of its intake, its faith designation or simply because the nearest alternative is further away. We do not publish catchment maps, because catchments are not published: each admissions authority applies its own criteria afresh every year, and the distance that got a child in last year is not a boundary. Read the school's own admissions arrangements for the rules that will actually apply.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
444
Places
540
How full
82% full — 444 of 540 places taken
Girls / boys
208 / 236
Overall absence
5%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
12%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
18%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
8%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
9%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
1

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
13

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
0

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
2

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Caterham Rail Station

1.1 km away — railway station

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

9/10 Deprivation decile

Among the least deprived fifth of England.

9/10 Child poverty decile

Among the least deprived fifth of England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£425,000

postcode sector CR3 6 · 358 sales

Typical range
£298,750 to £601,500

middle half of sales

Detached
£875,000
Semi-detached
£459,500
Terraced
£450,000
Flat
£285,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
40%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
9%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
21%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
12%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
55%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
83%

England 62.7%

Social housing
2%

England 17%

Privately rented
15%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
35%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
31%

England 22.5%

No car
11%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Tandridge 004C and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Yes
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Head Teacher: Robert Veale
Register status
Open
Local authority
Surrey
Ward
Harestone
Constituency
East Surrey
URN
125164

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.

Admissions history

The official school-level admissions releases contain up to 13 national-offer-day observations, from 2014/15 to 2026/27. The chart shows first choices per place; the table keeps the underlying counts.

Reception

1.10 2014/15: 0.83 first choices per place2015/16: 1.00 first choices per place2016/17: 0.90 first choices per place2017/18: 0.63 first choices per place2018/19: 0.84 first choices per place2019/20: 0.76 first choices per place2020/21: 0.78 first choices per place2021/22: 0.71 first choices per place2022/23: 0.90 first choices per place2023/24: 0.71 first choices per place2024/25: 0.60 first choices per place2025/26: 0.63 first choices per place2026/27: 0.89 first choices per place2014201620182020202220242026
All 13 annual observations
Entry yearPlacesFirst choicesPer placeFirst choices offered
2014/15 59 49 0.83 94%
2015/16 60 60 1.00 80%
2016/17 60 54 0.90 93%
2017/18 59 37 0.63 100%
2018/19 55 46 0.84 100%
2019/20 58 44 0.76 100%
2020/21 60 47 0.78 98%
2021/22 90 64 0.71 100%
2022/23 60 54 0.90 98%
2023/24 52 37 0.71 100%
2024/25 50 30 0.60 100%
2025/26 59 37 0.63 100%
2026/27 56 50 0.89 100%

These are annual observations, not forecasts. They exclude waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions. Each series follows this exact URN only, so academy conversions and missing releases remain visible as gaps rather than being joined by name.

Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistanceCompare
Caterham PrepOther independent school No overall grade — 0.5 mi
Oakhyrst Grange SchoolOther independent school No overall grade — 1.1 mi
Essendene Lodge SchoolOther independent school No overall grade — 1.2 mi
Hillcroft Primary School & NurseryAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 68% 1.2 mi
Marden Lodge Primary School and NurseryAcademy sponsor led Report card 2026 37% 1.5 mi
St Francis Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2021 72% 1.6 mi
Audley Primary SchoolCommunity school Good 2024 81% 1.6 mi
Woodlea Primary SchoolAcademy converter No overall grade 80% 1.8 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

This school 61%
Median of its 9 closest peers 69%
Surrey average 63.7%
England average 60.7%

Percentage meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. This school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

SchoolAreaOfstedExpected standardCompare
Newby and Scalby AcademyAcademy converter Scarborough No overall grade 57%
Woodlands Primary SchoolCommunity school Ellesmere Port Good 2023 47%
St John's CofE Primary School and NurseryVoluntary controlled school Belper Good 2023 61%
Halling Primary SchoolAcademy converter Rochester Good 2023 72%
Leedon Lower SchoolCommunity school Leighton Buzzard Report card 2026 —
Heycroft Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led LEIGH-on-SEA Inadequate 2023 —
Godmanchester Community AcademyAcademy converter Huntingdon Good 2023 70%
Connaught Junior SchoolAcademy converter Bagshot Outstanding 2023 69%
Poplar Farm SchoolFree schools Grantham Good 2023 —
Cestria Primary SchoolCommunity school Chester le Street No overall grade 88%
Weston All Saints CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter Bath Good 2023 39%
Hazeldene SchoolFoundation school Bedford No overall grade 72%

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 125164; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 9 November 2022
AttainmentDfE performance tables2024/25Exact URN; phase-specific definitions
AdmissionsDfE school applications and offers2026/27 plus history to 2014/15Exact URN and entry point; national offer day
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

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