St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

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South EastRegion

BuckinghamshireLocal Authority

Chesham and AmershamConstituency

SL9 8SBPostcode

7.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Buckinghamshire, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 389 pupils. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is part of ST THOMAS CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 65%
Higher standard: 19%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

79%

Asian

11%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

389

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

16%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 389
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: ST THOMAS CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST

Inspection history

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

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 22 May 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
15 Sept 2017	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.