Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Our Lady and St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School continues to demonstrate a good standard of education, with a welcoming and caring environment that promotes high expectations among pupils. The school effectively prepares students for continued learning, ensuring that almost all children reach expected reading standards by the end of Year 2. Notable strengths include the school's strong focus on values that underpin behavior and citizenship, fostering a supportive community where pupils thrive. However, some areas of the curriculum show inconsistency, requiring clearer definitions of important knowledge to minimize gaps in pupil understanding, particularly regarding PSHE and different cultures.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and well-behaved in a caring school environment.
• Strong focus on early reading with nearly all pupils reaching expected phonics standards by Year 2.
• Teachers exhibit strong subject knowledge and create positive relationships with students.
• Pupils have opportunities to develop leadership and character through roles in the school.
• Improved attendance rates due to effective monitoring and support for families.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in curriculum clarity lead to knowledge gaps in a few subjects.
• Assessment approaches are not always effective, resulting in mismatched tasks for some pupils.

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 Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.3% 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, 2.6% of pupils at Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 30.6% 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, 7.1% of pupils at Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School received £7,253 and spent £7,361 for each of its 222 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £24,000 (£108 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 Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School have?

Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School has 225 pupils on roll.

What age range does Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School cover?

Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School?

Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is at Fitzwilliam Street, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 7HG.