School profile
St John's RC School (Essex)
Turpins Lane, Woodford Bridge, Essex, IG8 8AX
Overview
St John's RC School (Essex) is a special / send school (non-maintained special school) in Woodford Bridge, East of England, for pupils aged 5–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Non-maintained special school
- Establishment group
- Special schools
- Age range
- Ages 5–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 100
- Pupils on roll
- 102
- URN
- 115466
Admissions
- Local authority
- Essex
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Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 21 April 2026 · Published 8 June 2026
Renewed education inspection framework
- Safeguarding standards
- 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 (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 8 December 2021 · Published 6 February 2022
Outcome: School remains Good
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
SEND and additional needs
Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Location
- Address
- Turpins Lane, Woodford Bridge, Essex, IG8 8AX
- Local authority
- Essex
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