St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School

St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School is performing well, achieving a 'Good' rating in all assessed areas during its recent inspection. The school fosters a positive learning environment where pupils feel happy and safe. Leaders demonstrate high expectations for all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). While the school offers a broad curriculum enriched with diverse extracurricular activities, some areas still require improvement to ensure comprehensive coverage of essential knowledge across all subjects. Overall, the school maintains a strong community ethos and has built solid relationships with families.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy and safe at school.
• Leaders have high expectations for pupils' learning and behaviour.
• The curriculum for all pupils, including those with SEND, is ambitious.
• Pupils behave well in lessons and around school.
• A wide range of after-school activities is offered.
• Pupils take on extra responsibilities and develop a good sense of welfare for others.
• Leaders ensure effective early reading support for children.

Areas for Improvement

• Essential knowledge not fully identified in a few subjects.
• Some teachers do not address pupils' misconceptions promptly enough.
• Weaknesses in promoting vocabulary and language in the Nursery Year.

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 the Worker Catholic Primary School attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.8% 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, 0.0% of pupils at St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary 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 the Worker Catholic Primary School had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 26.6% of pupils at St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.1% 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 the Worker Catholic Primary School received £7,647 and spent £8,255 for each of its 233 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £82,000 (-£352 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 the Worker Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School have?

St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School has 237 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School cover?

St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School?

St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School is at Bewley Drive, Southdene, Kirkby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L32 9PF.