St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

ShipleyConstituency

BD16 4HQPostcode

7.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 153 pupils. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is part of Blessed Christopher Wharton Catholic Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 74%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

10%

Black

Mixed

Pupils

153

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

10%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 153
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: Blessed Christopher Wharton Catholic Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 23 October 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
9 Mar 2020	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.