St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx)

State-Funded School

st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-wx-hertfordshire-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

BroxbourneConstituency

EN8 7ENPostcode

6.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Hertfordshire, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 208 pupils. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) is part of ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST.

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: 60%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

40%

Asian

Black

38%

Mixed

15%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

208

Total Pupils

44%Boys

56%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

25%

England average

22%

Young carers

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: 208
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

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

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 13 November 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 Jun 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.