St John's CofE Primary School, Huntingdon

Ofsted's report card from its 24 March 2026 inspection grades St John's CofE Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils learn and achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have high expectations around pupils' attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have put in place an ambitious and coherent curriculum across the school."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children settle well in the Reception Year."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "There is a well-established culture of inclusion across the school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a sharp and accurate understanding of the school's context, what is working well and where further improvement is needed."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's personal development offer is broad and purposeful."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to fully embed highly effective teaching, across all subjects in the curriculum, with a particular focus on teachers identifying misconceptions consistently well, leading to precise activities being used to support pupils to address these errors"; "Leaders should endeavour to ensure that pupils' achievement is reflected in above-average outcomes in national tests over time".

From the headteacher's welcome: "In Collective Worship each day we light a candle and say 'We are all in God's Family' to which the children respond, 'He loves every one of us.' Our aim is to extend this welcome to our whole school community to ensure that our pupils feel safe, happy, cared for, and ready to learn."

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils at St John's CofE Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Cambridgeshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 78% in reading and 76% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 32 families put St John's CofE Primary School as their first choice and 44 named it as one of their preferences, for 34 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St John's CofE Primary School are Thongsley Fields Primary and Nursery School (0.3 miles, Requires improvement, 62% reading, 59% maths); Huntingdon Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 74% reading, 67% maths); Hartford Junior School (0.6 miles, Good, 64% reading, 74% maths); and Hartford Infant and Preschool (0.6 miles, Good).

St John's CofE Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

St John's CofE Primary School is one of 38 schools run by Grace Schools, an academy trust.

30 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St John's CofE Primary School (as of April 2026): 93% would recommend the school, 93% say their child is happy there and 71% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (93%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (71%).

33.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 54.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (38%), Asian (13%) and Mixed (11%).

In 2026, 37 pupils (12.4%) received SEN support and 6 (2%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Huntingdon Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Maple Drive (opposite), 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 207 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cambridgeshire (57), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St John's CofE Primary School issued 22 suspensions, 6.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St John's CofE Primary School are St Peter's School (0.4 miles) and Hinchingbrooke School (1.4 miles).