St Joseph's Catholic College

St Joseph's Catholic College at a glance

Located in Swindon, St Joseph's Catholic College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 1,433 pupils aged 11 to 16. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 38.0, below the national average of 46. That is down 11.1 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

28% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 49% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. St Joseph's Catholic College was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 237 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 98% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.2%. There are about 18.4 pupils per teacher. St Joseph's Catholic College 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.