St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School

Hillside Lane, Ware, SG12 9SE

155 pupils · 74% of 210 capacity

Phase
Primary
Type
Voluntary aided school
Ages
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Free school meals
20.6%

Ofsted

No overall grade (2024)Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 17 December 2024, published 23 January 2025. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths61%
Reaching the higher standard4%

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available 0.89 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry18164118
Sept 2025 entry19173518
Sept 2024 entry14123814
Sept 2023 entry16133915
Sept 2022 entry30245830
Sept 2021 entry26215926
Sept 2020 entry25217023
Sept 2019 entry19166419

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.