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St Johns CofE Academy

All-throughAges 2–16Free schoolChurch of England

Grove, OX12 0GR · Oxfordshire local authority

Grove’s School Grade C better than 35% of towns in England

Getting in
101/148
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 84%)
How full
327 pupils
30% of its 1,095 places
Free school meals
14%
14 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (30)
The gist

What stands out about St Johns CofE Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 327 pupils for 1,095 places
  • 14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 30%)
  • 68% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (101 of 148)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (OX12 0) sold for a median £356,000; Grove’s is £342,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at St Johns CofE Academy?

68% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

148
families put it first for September 2026
102
places offered
68%
of first choices offered a place (England’s secondaries: 84%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2025 (41), 2026 (47). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Cambrian Learning Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Oxfordshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for secondary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

St Johns CofE
1.45 per place
68% got their first choice
1.23 per place
81% got their first choice
1.07 per place
92% got their first choice
0.93 per place
100% got their first choice
0.91 per place
100% got their first choice
0.78 per place
100% got their first choice
0.75 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

156 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
15.4%England 14%
EHC plan
1.9%England 3.2%
English as an additional language
9.6%England 19%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
6%England 29.6%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

No letter for St Johns CofE Academy

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Not inspected yet (a new school, or one that changed status recently).

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near St Johns CofE Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in OX12 0, the school’s postcode sector

Grove property prices →
£356,000
median sale, 503 sales in 36 months · Grove £342,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025OX12 0Grove
OX12 0Grove

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£460K
Semi-detached
£327K
Terraced
£275K
Flat
£183K
OX12 0Grove

Homes in OX12 0 sell for a little over Grove’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

6 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCC+C+DBB+St Johns CofE Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Grove, OX12 0GR

St Johns CofE Academy: common questions

How hard is it to get into St Johns CofE Academy?

For September 2026, 148 families put St Johns CofE Academy first and 101 of them were offered a place; 102 places were offered in all.

How much do houses cost near St Johns CofE Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, OX12 0, sold for a median £356,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (503 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Grove’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.