St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Wallasey, Wirral·CH44 7ED
Composite score
37.1
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National rank
#1762
In North West
#51
In Wirral
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
14 first choices, 14 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
33
any preference, for 14 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7520220.8020230.9420241.0020251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
181
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
58.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
26.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,202
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey is a primary school serving Wallasey, Wirral, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 181 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. 57% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 11.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey their first choice was offered one of its 14 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.6%. There are about 16.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 58% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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