St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

Castle PointConstituency

SS8 9DPPostcode

5.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

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

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 200 pupils. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is part of ASSISI CATHOLIC TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 61%
Higher standard: 6%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

71%

Asian

Black

14%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

200

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

18%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

11%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 200
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: ASSISI CATHOLIC TRUST

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
24 Apr 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
29 Mar 2023	Inadequate	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Inadequate
8 Jun 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.