St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill

St Joseph’s Catholic Academy in Goldenhill is performing well, effectively maintaining the standards established in its previous inspections. Pupils are proud of their school and benefit from supportive relationships, high expectations, and a range of enrichment opportunities. The inclusive environment caters well for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, ensuring they participate fully in school life. However, some subjects lack consistency in building on students’ prior knowledge, resulting in gaps that hinder learning.

Strengths

• Pupils develop a strong love of reading and learn to read with fluency and accuracy.
• Positive and respectful behavior is exhibited throughout the school.
• The school offers a broad and ambitious wider curriculum.
• Staff demonstrate a commitment to high expectations for pupil performance.
• Enrichment and personal development programs are strong and effectively prepare pupils for modern life.

Areas for Improvement

• In a minority of subjects, teaching does not consistently build on prior knowledge.
• Some pupils struggle to recall key knowledge confidently due to gaps in learning.

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 Academy, Goldenhill attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.0% 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's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill 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 Academy, Goldenhill had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.3% 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, 19.6% of pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% 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 Academy, Goldenhill received £6,854 and spent £6,626 for each of its 241 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £106,000 (£440 per pupil).

Across all 56 schools of St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,565 and spending £7,594 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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St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill is part of St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 64 schools. The nearest others:

• St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• St Wilfrid's Catholic Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• St John the Evangelist Catholic Academy Kidsgrove
• St Marys Catholic Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• St Peter's Catholic Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School Newcastle
• St George and St Martin's Catholic Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• St John Fisher Catholic College Newcastle Under Lyme

What is St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill last inspected by Ofsted?

St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill have?

St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill has 230 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill cover?

St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill?

St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill is at Mobberley Road, Goldenhill, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 5RN.