St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

Bradford WestConstituency

BD5 0RBPostcode

1.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 342 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

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 51%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

32%

Asian

13%

Black

39%

Mixed

11%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

342

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

32%

England average

27%

First language not English

57%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 342
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
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.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 28 June 2023. 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
11 Jul 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	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.