St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton

State-Funded School

st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-upton-wirral-north-west

North WestRegion

WirralLocal Authority

WallaseyConstituency

CH49 6LLPostcode

3.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Wirral, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 198 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 61%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

78%

Asian

13%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

198

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

25%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

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: Deprived
Total pupils: 198
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 16 October 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
16 May 2019	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.