St John's Roman Catholic Primary School
St John's Roman Catholic Primary School is a primary school in London for ages 3 to 11.
Practise what St John's Roman Catholic Primary School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order St John's Roman Catholic Primary School teaches it, where its maps give one. English keeps to the usual order for their year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 240
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Address
- St Elmo's Road, London, SE16 6SD
- Phone
- 02072 521859
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What Ofsted found
Full inspection, April 2025.
- The quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
- Early years provision: Outstanding
- Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
- Inspectors found pupils learn and remember knowledge exceptionally well over time and achieve highly.
- Inspectors found the behaviour of pupils is highly positive, both inside lessons and around the school.
Our summary of Ofsted's report. Read the full reports on Ofsted's website. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What each year group is learning
From St John's Roman Catholic Primary School's curriculum maps.
Year 1Autumn and Summer
- Maths
- Problem-solving skills, building on earlier learning. Introducing the language of multiplication and division using arrays. Telling the time to quarter past
- English
- Writing fiction and non-fiction pieces about how characters are feeling
- Science
- Plants and trees around the school and changes during Autumn. Plants and seasonal changes between spring and summer
- Geography
- Exploring where they live and their local area, then London and the United Kingdom. How the weather changes through the seasons. Using maps, drawing maps of the school and local area
- Computing
- Using Microsoft Word to edit and change text
- Design and technology
- Designing and building castles
Year 2Autumn and Summer
- Maths
- Adding and subtracting using number lines and partitioning strategies
- English
- Reading Dear Earth and taking on the role of advocates for the Earth
- Writing
- Joining letters when writing words
- History
- Significant explorers from the past and the impact they had on the world
- Geography
- Comparing the local area with Tulum in Mexico, including similarities and differences in geography. Weather and climate
- Design and technology
- Building fire engines and how wheels and axles help them move. Making healthy wraps and learning about a balanced diet
Year 3Autumn and Summer
- Maths
- Place value and number work, building towards the four operations. Solving word problems and developing problem-solving skills
- English
- Reading The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas to explore emotions and powerful vocabulary. Using drama, posters and creative writing to inspire own narrative stories
- Writing
- Developing joined-up handwriting after securing the essentials of good handwriting
- Science
- Processes involved in creating rocks and fossils. Magnets and the forces involved in magnetism. Animals, including humans and what maintains a healthy lifestyle. Components of the human and animal skeletal system
- History
- Life in Prehistoric Britain, from the Stone Age to the Iron Age
- Geography
- Using maps, atlases and globes to strengthen understanding of place. Land use, economic activity and travel
- Computing
- Desktop publishing and computer hardware components
- PE
- Dance lessons. Swimming lessons
Year 4Summer
- Maths
- Mental maths and problem-solving, including recalling number bonds and times-table facts. Calculation, number and shape. Consolidating mental maths strategies, including number bonds and times table facts. Investigating mathematically and explaining their reasoning. Becoming secure in multiplication tables from x2 to x12
- English
- Using ambitious vocabulary, adjectives and verbs to make writing descriptive. Sentence structure, punctuation and extending ideas with reasons and detail. Writing their own mystery stories and writing in genres such as diaries, dialogue, setting descriptions and poetry. Editing and improving their own writing to make it stronger
- Reading
- Exploring how authors use language to describe a range of emotions
- Science
- Animals including humans. Deepening knowledge of solids, liquids and gases
- History
- The Roman Empire and how it impacted Britain
- Art
- Studying and creating their own Pop Art
- Design and technology
- Learning about different food groups and creating a fruit salad as part of a healthy diet
Year 5Autumn and Summer
- Writing
- Joining handwriting in all writing tasks. Planning the layout of work before starting
- Science
- Earth, Sun and Moon, followed by Forces after half term. Life cycles of humans and other animals
- History
- The Vikings, their invasion of Britain and the changes that resulted. The Maya and what made them so successful
- Art
- Painting
- Design and technology
- Sewing techniques to make a mug rug
- Other
- Oracy: articulating ideas and engaging with others through spoken language. Reach Out after school programme. Sailing course
Year 6Autumn and Summer
- Reading
- Reading within a context and comprehension exercises
- Writing
- Joined up handwriting and presentation. Writing in different styles, with focus on quality and presentation of written work
- Science
- Light, including a detailed exploration into Michael Faraday and other important scientists. Evolution and inheritance, including how living things have changed over time
- History
- World War 2 and its significant impact on our country and the wider world. Crime and punishment and how this has changed over time in different periods
- Geography
- Sustainability, linked to current climate issues
- Computing
- Sensing movement, using sequence, repetition, selection and variables in programming
- Design and technology
- Making an item from old clothing
Read on 10 November 2026 from the school's Curriculum Newsletters page. The maps: Year 1 – Autumn Term 2026, Year 1 – Summer Term 2026, Year 2 – Autumn Term 2026, Year 2 – Summer Term 2026, Year 3 – Autumn Term 2026, Year 3 – Summer Term 2026, Year 4 – Autumn Term 2026, Year 4 – Summer Term 2026, Year 5 – Autumn Term 2026, Year 5 – Summer Term 2026, Year 6 – Autumn Term 2026, Year 6 – Summer Term 2026.
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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 100841. Checked 9 November 2026.
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Help your child with what St John's Roman Catholic Primary School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order the school teaches it, English in the usual order for their year, with a weekly view of what they have mastered.