St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Cannock, Staffordshire·WS12 1DE
Composite score
47.4
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#8,185
National rank
#853
In West Midlands
#141
In Staffordshire
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
25 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.89
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
59
any preference, for 28 places

Every child who put St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 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
205
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

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

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Location

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Cannock, Staffordshire, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 205 pupils aged 3 to 11. 73% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 14.0 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 107 in reading and 105 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 their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 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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