St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Christchurch

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

Bournemouth, Christchurch & PooleLocal Authority

ChristchurchConstituency

BH23 3DAPostcode

8.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Christchurch is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, South West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 199 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 75%
Higher standard: 16%
Reading score: 109
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

Mixed

Pupils

199

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

32%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 199
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

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 20 June 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
10 Mar 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.