St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

WakefieldLocal Authority

Normanton and HemsworthConstituency

WF9 2BPPostcode

2.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 204 pupils. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe is part of THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 57%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

78%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

204

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

England average

27%

First language not English

32%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 204
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

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 30 June 2022. 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
23 Mar 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.