St John's Priory School[1]
Independent · ages 3–11
Headline results
No headline results are published for this school in the latest two years.
Results
No published data for this school.
Ofsted
- Inspected by
- Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[2]
ISI inspection
- Inspection
- May 2024[3]
- Framework
- Framework from September 2023[3]
- Leadership and governance
- Standards not met[3]
- Quality of education
- Standards met[3]
- Health and wellbeing
- Standards met[3]
- Social and economic education
- Standards met[3]
- Safeguarding
- Standards not met[3]
Leadership and governance
- ISI recommended: The school should ensure staff keep up-to-date with statutory requirements for online filtering.
Quality of education
- ISI recommended: The school should make marking the same across all subjects to help students know how to improve their work.
Previous ISI inspections: 2025, 2020, 2017 (2025 report, 2020 report, 2017 report).
Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
Fees
- Pre-prep, day
- £5,191 a term 2026/27 · Lower Prep (Reception - Year 2) · incl. VAT[4]
- Prep, day
- £5,748 a term 2026/27 · Upper Prep (Year 3 - Year 6) · VAT not stated[4]
As published by the school on its own website for the year shown, quoted from our archived copy. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest fee the school lists for that stage. Check the school's current fees before deciding: extras (lunch, trips, exams) and bursaries are not included. Fees are never used to rank schools.
- Type
- Other independent school[1]
- Ages
- 3–11[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 160[1]
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire[1]
- Website
- www.stjohnspriory.co.uk[1]
- Nursery classes
- Has Nursery Classes[2]
- Special classes
- No Special Classes[2]
- Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
- Not approved[2]
- District
- Cherwell[5]
- Postcode
- OX16 5HX[1]
- URN
- 123279[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 61 2024/25[6]
- SEN support
- 23% 2024/25[6]
- EHC plan
- 0% 2024/25[6]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 0% 2024/25[6]
Sources
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, St John's Priory School, May 2024. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
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stjohnspriory.co.uk: stjohnspriory.co.uk — St Johns Priory Fees Funding 2026-2027 (PDF). Period 2026-10-17.
Licence: copyright-quoted.
Quotes (2)
All Prep School fees shown below are inclusive of VAT. Year group Fee per term Lower Prep (Reception - Year 2) £5,191 (p. 2)
Year group Fee per term Lower Prep (Reception - Year 2) £5,191 Upper Prep (Year 3 - Year 6) £5,748 (p. 2)
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.