St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy

School overview

St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school serving Todmorden, Calderdale, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 104 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy 'Good'. 56% 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 17.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 76% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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 further down the page.