St John's RC School (Essex)
Turpins Lane, Woodford Bridge, IG8 8AX
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 5 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Wendy Killilea
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Epping Forest
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 100
- Pupils on roll
- 102
- URN
- 115466
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085041818
About this school
St John's RC School (Essex) is a special school in Woodford Bridge. It teaches children aged 5 to 19 and has 102 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How St John's RC School (Essex) has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 99 |
| 2023/24 | 98 |
| 2024/25 | 102 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 51.39%
- English as an additional language
- 24.5%
- Overall absence
- 11.22%
- Persistent absence
- 33.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Luxborough Court School0.6 miles
Special schools
-
New Rush Hall School1.1 miles
Special schools · Ilford
-
Chigwell School1.3 miles
Independent schools · Chigwell
-
Redbridge Alternative Provision1.5 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Ilford
-
Stradbroke1.5 miles
Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does St John's RC School (Essex) teach?
- St John's RC School (Essex) teaches children aged 5 to 19. It is a special school in Woodford Bridge.
- Who is the headteacher of St John's RC School (Essex)?
- The headteacher of St John's RC School (Essex) is Mrs Wendy Killilea, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was St John's RC School (Essex) last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St John's RC School (Essex), and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is St John's RC School (Essex)?
- St John's RC School (Essex) has 102 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 19.
- Is St John's RC School (Essex) full?
- St John's RC School (Essex) has capacity for 100 pupils and 102 on roll (102%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is St John's RC School (Essex) a faith school?
- No. St John's RC School (Essex) has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does St John's RC School (Essex) have?
- The schools register lists St John's RC School (Essex)'s special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is St John's RC School (Essex)'s absence rate?
- St John's RC School (Essex)'s overall absence rate is 11.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St John's RC School (Essex)'s exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St John's RC School (Essex)'s key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.