St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-southwark-london-149346

LondonRegion

SouthwarkLocal Authority

Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkConstituency

SE16 4UPPostcode

5.7

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Southwark, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 258 pupils. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is part of ST OSCAR ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 3 Feb 2026 · published 20 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 60%
Higher standard: 11%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

30%

Asian

Black

41%

Mixed

11%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

258

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 258
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: ST OSCAR ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
10 Nov 2021	Good	Good	Good	Outstanding	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.