St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary School
Performance (KS2 SATs)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
Derbyshire 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's Catholic and CofE (VA) 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
- 173
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic/Church of England
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
School overview
St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary School is a primary school serving Chesterfield, Derbyshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic/Church of England religious character. It has 173 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 65% 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 fallen by 3.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 25 first choices for 24 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 13.8 pupils per teacher. St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) 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.