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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 84% 84% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
84% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
25% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
109 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
107 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 75%[4] 22%[4] 106[4] 108[4]
2022/23 81%[5] 22%[5] 110[5] 108[5]
2018/19 68%[6] 10%[6] 105[6] 106[6]
2017/18 83%[7] 17%[7] 111[7] 109[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
3 Jul 2023[8]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[8]
Report published
14 Sep 2023[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
1 Feb 2018[9] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[9] No overall grade[9]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.6 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Applications (any preference)
67 Entry Sept 2026[10]
First preferences
25 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Places offered
26 Entry Sept 2026[10]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 65[10] 21[10] 22[10] 3.0[10] 1.0[10]
Entry Sept 2024 80[10] 24[10] 25[10] 3.2[10] 1.0[10]
Entry Sept 2023 73[10] 20[10] 24[10] 3.0[10] 0.8[10]
Entry Sept 2022 63[10] 17[10] 17[10] 3.7[10] 1.0[10]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
4–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
218[1]
Local authority
Bexley[1]
Website
http://www.st-josephs.bexley.sch.uk[1]
District
Bexley[11]
Postcode
DA1 4DZ[1]
URN
101457[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
212 2024/25[12]
English as an additional language
42.5% 2024/25[12]
SEN support
13.2% 2024/25[12]
EHC plan
1.9% 2024/25[12]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
7.6% 2024/25[12]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
41.7%[13]
Mixed
8.1%[13]
Asian
12.8%[13]
Black
37.4%[13]
Any other ethnic group
0%[13]
Unclassified
0%[13]

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 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. 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.