St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

DevonLocal Authority

Exmouth and Exeter EastConstituency

EX8 1TAPostcode

7.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

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

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 185 pupils. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth is part of PLYMOUTH CAST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 72%
Higher standard: 11%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

185

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

13%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 185
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: PLYMOUTH CAST

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 6 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
6 Nov 2018	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.