St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Dorset, South West.
The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 81 pupils. St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is part of PLYMOUTH CAST.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2024
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Requires improvement
Quality ofeducation
Requires improvement
Personaldevelopment
Good
Behaviour &attitudes
Good
Early yearsprovision
Requires improvement
Academic Performance
Well below average
Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24
- Reading, writing & maths
- 29%
- Higher standard
- 0%
- Reading score
- 103
- Maths score
- 100
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
48%Boys
52%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4 – 11
- Deprivation band
- Less deprived
- Total pupils
- 81
- IDACI quintile
- 2 (More deprived)
- MAT name
- PLYMOUTH CAST
Inspection history
2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 2024 | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | Good | Good | Requires improvement |
| 25 Feb 2020 | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | 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.
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