St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

Keighley and IlkleyConstituency

BD21 1ARPostcode

3.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 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 327 pupils. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is part of Blessed Christopher Wharton Catholic Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 60%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

78%

Asian

13%

Black

Mixed

Pupils

327

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

32%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

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: 327
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.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 26 February 2025. 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
4 Jul 2016	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.