# St John's RC School (Essex)

St 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.

Special school. Code E115466. [Epping Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Non-maintained special school
- Ages: 5 to 19
- Pupils: 102
- Council: Epping Forest
- URN: 115466

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).


### End 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [West Hatch High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-hatch-high-school-e136758): 380 m. Secondary. School remains Good, November 2023. Attainment 8 of 51.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Roding Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/roding-primary-school-e102830): 870 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Luxborough Court School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/luxborough-court-school-e149212): 1 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Ray Lodge Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ray-lodge-primary-school-e145045): 1.4 km. Primary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Fairlop Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fairlop-primary-school-e102802): 1.5 km. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Limes Farm Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/limes-farm-junior-school-e114932): 1.6 km. Primary. School remains Good, November 2022. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/115466)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/115466)

## How to cite

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