St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes

St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School continues to maintain its good status, showcasing a supportive and inclusive community where pupils are polite, respectful, and engaged in their learning. The leadership team has demonstrated ambition, ensuring that both the literacy and numeracy curriculums are well-structured and effectively sequenced. Positive relationships among staff and students contribute to a calm learning environment, with pupils actively participating in school life and various charitable initiatives. However, there are areas for improvement regarding curriculum consistency and assessment practices, particularly in the wider subjects, where gaps in knowledge have been noted.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate high levels of politeness and kindness.
• Strong relationships between adults and pupils promote positive behaviour.
• Effective phonics programme supports early reading success.
• Leaders provide good pastoral support aligned with Christian values.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities enhances pupils' experiences.
• Staff training aligns with school priorities and is valued by staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment is not effectively used in some subjects to identify gaps in knowledge.
• Curriculum plans in the wider subjects lack clarity on key knowledge to be taught.

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 Catholic Primary School, Devizes attended 91.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.1% 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, 4.8% of pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes 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 Catholic Primary School, Devizes had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.9% 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, 18.8% of pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% 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 2024–25 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes received £7,332 and spent £6,920 for each of its 187 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £294,000 (£1,572 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes's Ofsted rating?

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

When was St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes last inspected by Ofsted?

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes have?

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes has 165 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes cover?

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 24% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes?

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes is at St Joseph's Place, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 1DD.