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St Josephs Catholic Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 77% 77% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
77% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
9% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
110 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
110 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 65%[4] 9%[4] 105[4] 106[4]
2022/23 60%[5] 12%[5] 107[5] 105[5]
2018/19 63%[6] 19%[6] 104[6] 106[6]
2017/18 69%[7] 0%[7] 106[7] 104[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
23 Apr 2025[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
19 May 2025[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Outstanding[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[8]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 Feb 2024[9] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[9] No overall grade[9]
10 Oct 2018[10] Exempt School Inspection[10] Good[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference)
40 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences
16 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered
18 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 39[11] 10[11] 11[11] 3.5[11] 0.9[11]
Entry Sept 2024 34[11] 14[11] 15[11] 2.3[11] 0.9[11]
Entry Sept 2023 45[11] 12[11] 18[11] 2.5[11] 0.7[11]
Entry Sept 2022 43[11] 19[11] 20[11] 2.1[11] 0.9[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
3–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Catholic[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
223[1]
Local authority
Camden[1]
Website
http://www.stjosephs.camden.sch.uk[1]
District
Camden[12]
Postcode
WC2B 5NA[1]
URN
100041[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
148 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
41.2% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
20.3% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
2.7% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
55.6% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
44.4%[14]
Mixed
21.8%[14]
Asian
11.3%[14]
Black
15%[14]
Any other ethnic group
7.5%[14]
Unclassified
0%[14]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. 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.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. 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.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.