St Joseph's RC Primary School

State-Funded School

st-josephs-rc-primary-school-salford-north-west

North WestRegion

SalfordLocal Authority

SalfordConstituency

M5 3JPPostcode

1.8

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's RC Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Salford, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 220 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 19 May 2026 · published 23 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 52%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

36%

Asian

15%

Black

23%

Mixed

18%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

220

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

43%

England average

27%

First language not English

58%

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: 220
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
24 May 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
18 Jun 2018	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.