Dean Close St John's
Dean Close St John's is an independent school in Chepstow for boys and girls aged 0 to 14. It has 114 pupils and room for 324.
Castleford Hill, Tutshill, Chepstow, NP16 7LE01291 622045deanclosestjohns.org.ukMr Thomas Rainer headmistressAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Gloucestershire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 114 | 129 | 126 | 124 | 129 | 156 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 14% | 21% | 19% | 23% | 18% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tutshill Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 720 m | 211 | Good 2024 | 76 | Compare |
| Lift Offa's Mead | Academy | 840 m | 128 | Good 2022 | 46 | Compare |
| Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre | Academy | 870 m | 1,024 | Good 2023 | 42 | Compare |
| The Dell Primary School | Council | 870 m | 398 | Estyn, no grade | – | Compare |
| Chepstow School | Voluntary | 950 m | 860 | Estyn, no grade | 98 | Compare |
| Cysgod Y Coed | Pupil referral unit | 0.9 miles | – | Estyn, no grade | – | Compare |
| St Mary's R.C. Primary School | Roman Catholic | 0.9 miles | 117 | Estyn, no grade | – | Compare |
| Pembroke Primary School | Council | 1.2 miles | 262 | Estyn, no grade | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Dean Close St John's a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Dean Close St John's yet.
How many pupils does Dean Close St John's have?
114 pupils aged 0 to 14 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 324 places, so it is 35% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Castleford Hill, Tutshill, Chepstow, NP16 7LE
- Telephone
- 01291 622045
- Website
- www.deanclosestjohns.org.uk
- Headmistress
- Mr Thomas Rainer
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 0-14
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Ward
- Tidenham
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1944
- URN
- 115785 · LAESTAB 9166014 · UKPRN 10018493
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.