St John's RC School (Essex)
Special schoolSt John's RC School (Essex) is a special school in Epping Forest, for pupils aged 5 to 19. It had 102 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 21 April 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
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 EducationEnd of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Epping Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 46.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 47.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 66.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 10 | – | – |
- St John's RC School (Essex) teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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- West Hatch High SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, November 2023. Attainment 8 of 51.0 (2025/26, provisional)380 m
- Roding Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)870 m
- Luxborough Court SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1 km
- Ray Lodge Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Fairlop Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Limes Farm Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2022. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Epping Forest
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).