St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Bradford·BD5 0RB
Composite score
30.6
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#13,271
National rank
#1414
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#139
In Bradford
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
41 first choices, 41 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
59
any preference, for 41 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120221.1820230.8920240.9420251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 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
332
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
53.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,176
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy at a glance

Located in Bradford, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 332 pupils aged 3 to 11. 47% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 4.0 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 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 41 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 18.1 pupils per teacher. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 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.

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