St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

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LondonRegion

Barking and DagenhamLocal Authority

Dagenham and RainhamConstituency

RM9 5ULPostcode

2.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Barking and Dagenham, London.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 277 pupils. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is part of THE GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 54%
Higher standard: 6%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

13%

Asian

13%

Black

63%

Mixed

10%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

277

Total Pupils

45%Boys

55%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

82%

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: Deprived
Total pupils: 277
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: THE GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC 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
8 Jan 2015	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.