St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

Lancaster and WyreConstituency

LA1 2DUPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 144 pupils. St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster is part of MATER CHRISTI MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 13%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 95
Maths score: 96

Ethnicity

White

81%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

144

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

56%

England average

27%

First language not English

17%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 144
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: MATER CHRISTI MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
11 Jul 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
8 Jul 2019	Inadequate	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Inadequate

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.