St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster

St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster at a glance

Located in Lancaster, Lancashire, St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 150 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 33% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 20.0 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 101 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 9 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 12.3%. There are about 16.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 51% 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. If you are considering St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.