St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe
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
Every child who put St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe 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
- 213
- 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 Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe is a primary school in Pontefract, Wakefield, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 213 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 2.0 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 103 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 25 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.9%. There are about 20.6 pupils per teacher. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe 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.