Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Rotherham·S63 7HG
Composite score
61.2
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#3,592
National rank
#343
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#13
In Rotherham
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
27 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
48
any preference, for 27 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520221.0320231.0020240.9620251.002026

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

Every child who put Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
232
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
5.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,865
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Rotherham, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 232 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 1.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 27 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 20.4 pupils per teacher. Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 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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