St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Stockton-on-Tees

In 2025, 36% of Year 6 pupils at St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 51% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 78% in Stockton-on-Tees and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 50% in reading and 60% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 23 families put St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School as their first choice and 33 named it as one of their preferences, for 23 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School are St Gregory's Catholic Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 80% reading, 73% maths); The Glebe Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 73% reading, 82% maths); St Bede's Catholic Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 88% reading, 92% maths); and The Oak Tree Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 76% reading, 76% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School.

70.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 5.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (88%) and Black (5%).

In 2026, 63 pupils (20.4%) received SEN support and 67 (21.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School has a resourced provision (30 places, 26 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (32 places, 32 pupils on roll) for speech, language and communication needs, autism and moderate learning difficulties.

St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 24 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Stockton Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hive Close (a), 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 546 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Stockton-on-Tees (204), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 1.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School are North Shore Academy (0.8 miles), Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy (1 mile), The Grangefield Academy (1.1 miles) and Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth (1.5 miles).