St Joseph's Primary School
Performance (KS2 SATs)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Ofsted judgements
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Joseph's Primary School yet. Sheffield does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
School profile
- Age range
- 3–11
- Pupils on roll
- 202
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
About St Joseph's Primary School
St Joseph's Primary School is a primary school in Sheffield, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 202 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 30% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 27.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.
Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Competition for places is real here - 72% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (39 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 21.5 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.