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St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 124Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • CatholicReligious character
  • 142734URN

Cowpen Lane, Billingham, TS23 1LJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
close to Stockton-on-Tees median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Stockton-on-Tees

22 applications for 12 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
59%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 8 January 2026Published 8 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 8 January 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 26 January 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.8applications per place, Reception
close to Stockton-on-Tees median (1.7) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

22 applications · 12 places offered · 12 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.8; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.7
  2. 2025 1.9; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.3; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.5
  4. 2023 1.5; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.4; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.2; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.5; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.7; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.6; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.6; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.8; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.4; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.6; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.4; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Stockton-on-Tees median

Dashed bars: as St John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 111675), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202612221.8121.00
Sep 202515281.9151.00
Sep 202414181.3120.86
Sep 202315221.5140.93
Sep 202223331.4231.00
Sep 202117201.2160.94
Sep 202019291.5191.00
Sep 201920331.7201.00
Sep 201830471.6311.03
Sep 201726411.6261.00
Sep 2016 *30551.8321.07
Sep 2015 *29401.4210.72
Sep 2014 *24381.6230.96

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 86% · Writing 77% · Maths 68% → all three 59% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard59%38th of 53 in Stockton-on-Tees
Reading
Expected standard86%
Higher standard59%
Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard77%
Greater depth14%
Maths
Expected standard68%
Higher standard9%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Stockton-on-Tees median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2559%0%109101
2023/2444%0%101101
2022/2333%0%10299

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
142734 · 808/3301
Trust
Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust
Religious character
Catholic
Capacity
195 pupils · 124 on roll
Free school meals
31.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2016
Replaced
St John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 111675)
Address
Cowpen Lane, Billingham, TS23 1LJ
Local authority
Stockton-on-Tees

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources