St Joseph's RC Junior School

St Joseph’s RC Junior School is currently maintaining the high standards identified in its previous inspection, with a focus on fostering a supportive and academically challenging environment. Pupils express pride in their school, noting its friendliness and strong support from staff, particularly regarding their emotional well-being. The school has high expectations for both behavior and academic achievement, offering various extracurricular activities that promote personal growth and engagement in learning. Recent leadership changes and initiatives are aimed at further enhancing educational outcomes, although some aspects are still being embedded.

Strengths

• Pupils feel proud and supported in a friendly environment.
• Excellent behavior is observed throughout the school.
• A broad and well-rounded curriculum is in place.
• Staff receive strong support for their professional development.
• Reading for pleasure is actively promoted and supported.
• Pupils engage in leadership roles, developing initiative.
• High attendance rates reflect pupil engagement.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the curriculum in some subjects.
• Special educational needs support is not always effective.
• New initiatives are not yet fully embedded, impacting their effectiveness.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Joseph's RC Junior School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.0% of pupils at St Joseph's RC Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Joseph's RC Junior School had 14.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 45.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 22.5% of pupils at St Joseph's RC Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Joseph's RC Junior School received £10,483 and spent £11,638 for each of its 169 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £393,000 (-£2,327 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Joseph's RC Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Joseph's RC Junior School is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was St Joseph's RC Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Joseph's RC Junior School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does St Joseph's RC Junior School have?

St Joseph's RC Junior School has 169 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Joseph's RC Junior School cover?

St Joseph's RC Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are St Joseph's RC Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Joseph's RC Junior School?

St Joseph's RC Junior School is at Woodend, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 3NU.