St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley

About St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley

St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley is a primary school in Stanley, County Durham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 224 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 7.0 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 top 37% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 14 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley 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.