St Joseph and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Doncaster·DN6 7QN
Composite score
41.6
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#10,337
National rank
#1056
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#61
In Doncaster
Top 70%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
66%
32 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
1.52
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
45
any preference, for 21 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.32
00.511.52
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Doncaster does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for St Joseph and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
154
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
22.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,280
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Joseph and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

St Joseph and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Doncaster, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 154 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 55% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 18.0 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 107 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Joseph and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 32 first choices for 21 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 23.5 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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