St John's Primary School In Rishworth

Primary school

St John's Primary School In Rishworth is a primary school in Calderdale, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 152 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Ofsted

Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026

Good (overall), July 2022

Inspection: Graded inspection, 13 July 2022
Overall effectiveness: Good
Quality of education: Good
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership and management: Good

Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.

Results

Department for Education

In 2024/25, 89% of pupils at St John's Primary School In Rishworth met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Calderdale and 62% in England.

22% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

End of primary school (KS2)

2024/25

Measure	This school	Calderdale	England
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths	89%	62%	62%
Reached the higher standard	22%	6%	8%
Average scaled score in reading	110	105	106
Average scaled score in maths	112	104	105

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

Schools nearby

In a straight line

Rishworth SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file510 m
Riverbank Primary SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.9 km

Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Calderdale

Where these figures come from

Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).