St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester·CW7 2JS
Composite score
34.8
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#12,396
National rank
#1850
In North West
#103
In Cheshire West and Chester
Top 84%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
54
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
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1 per place
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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
338
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£6,834
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

About St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 338 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 50% 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 risen by 6.0 percentage points year on 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 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 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 30 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. 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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