St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Woodchurch Road
Oxton
Prenton
Merseyside
CH43 5UT
Phone 01516526781
Reference Number 146088

General Makeup

Number of pupils 278
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.48%
Girls: 52.52%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 13.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 15.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 25.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 12 12 24
2 14 16 30
3 24 22 46
4 24 25 49
5 24 27 51
6 12 20 32

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 78.8%
Indian 10.8%
Mixed, Other 3.6%
White, Other 2.2%
Irish 1.1%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
Asian, Other 0.7%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-12-07
Date Description Report
2022-11-01 School inspection: School inspection:

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 46% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 2% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104 Unlock Unlock
Maths 100 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 2.4 Unlock Unlock
Writing 2.3 Unlock Unlock
Maths -1.2 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 11 0
Third Preference 9 1
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
Prenton Preparatory School
Mount Pleasant, Prenton, CH43 5SY
0.25 miles
Devonshire Park Primary School
Temple Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42 9JX
0.26 miles
Woodchurch Road Academy
99 Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Woodchurch Road Academy, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42 9LJ
0.27 miles
Oxton St Saviour's CofE Aided Primary School
Holm Lane, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 2HT
0.42 miles
Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School
Mount Grove, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 2UJ
0.63 miles
Mersey Park Primary School
Elm Road, Higher Tranmere, Wirral, Merseyside, CH42 0PH
0.66 miles
St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School
Park Grove, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 2TD
0.79 miles
Bedford Drive Primary School
Bedford Drive, Rock Ferry, Bedford Drive Primary, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42 6RT
0.79 miles
Prenton Primary School
Bramwell Avenue, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 0RQ
0.84 miles
Well Lane Primary School
Park Road, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42 5PF
0.85 miles
Woodlands Primary School
Hollybank Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 2SY
0.87 miles
Townfield Primary School
Townfield Lane, Prenton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH43 2LH
1 miles
Progress Schools - Wirral
The Hive, Bright Street, Wirral, CH41 4EA
1.06 miles
Rock Ferry Primary School
Ionic Street, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42 2BL
1.22 miles
The Priory Parish CofE Primary School
The Priory Parish C of E Primary School, 1 Aberdeen Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 4HS
1.35 miles
St Anne's Catholic Primary School
Highfield South, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42 4NE
1.36 miles
Cathcart Street Primary School
Dover Close, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, CH41 3JY
1.4 miles
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School
New Hey Road, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 5LE
1.45 miles
Higher Bebington Junior School
Mill Road, Higher Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 8QE
1.55 miles
Town Lane Infant School
Town Lane, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 8LD
1.58 miles
Name Distance
Prenton High School for Girls
Hesketh Avenue, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42 6RR
0.77 miles
Birkenhead School
58 Beresford Road, Prenton, CH43 2JD
0.88 miles
Birkenhead High School Academy
86 Devonshire Place, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 1TY
0.92 miles
Birkenhead Park School
Park Road South, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 4UY
1.01 miles
St Anselm's College
Manor Hill, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 1UQ
1.03 miles
Wirral Metropolitan College
Conway Park Campus, Conway Park, Europa Boulevard, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 4NT
1.4 miles
Ridgeway High School
Noctorum Avenue, Noctorum, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 9EB
1.41 miles
Birkenhead Sixth Form College
Park Road West, Claughton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH43 8SQ
1.44 miles
Foxfield School
New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Merseyside, CH49 5LF
1.49 miles
Woodchurch High School
Carr Bridge Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 7NG
1.5 miles
Progress Schools - Hamilton Square
60 Hamilton Square, Wirral, CH41 5AT
1.59 miles
Wirral Hospitals' School
157 Park Road North, Claughton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH41 0EZ
1.59 miles
Kilgarth School
Cavendish Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 8BA
1.65 miles
St John Plessington Catholic College
Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7LF
1.78 miles
Co-op Academy Bebington
Higher Bebington Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 2PS
1.9 miles
Meadowside School
Pool Lane, Wirral, CH49 5LA
2.05 miles
Meadowside School
Pool Lane, Woodchurch, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 5LA
2.06 miles
Wirral Grammar School for Girls
Heath Road, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 3AF
2.19 miles
Wirral Grammar School for Boys
Cross Lane, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 3AQ
2.23 miles
The Observatory School
Bidston Village Road, Bidston, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 7QT
2.51 miles
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