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St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

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location_onWinsford, CW7 2JS

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2018

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Students

334

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Expected Standard

44%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Winsford, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 83% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 334 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 44% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #106 of 133 primaries in Cheshire West and Chester and #13,237 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2018. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 20.8:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2022/23 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.9 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

44%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading73% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing68% LA 69% · Eng 72%

Maths61% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

47%

LA 57%England 60%

Reading67% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing60% LA 70% · Eng 71%

Maths53% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.5

Read

LA 0.4

-1.4 to 2.3

-1.4

Write

LA 0.1

-3.2 to 0.4

-2.1

Maths

LA -0.4

-3.9 to -0.3

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

51%

LA 63%England 65%

Reading69% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing67% LA 75% · Eng 78%

Maths56% LA 76% · Eng 79%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.2

Read

LA 0.2

-3.0 to 0.6

-3.0

Write

LA -0.7

-4.7 to -1.4

-4.5

Maths

LA -0.4

-6.1 to -2.9

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

56%

LA 62%

Reading84% LA 77%

Writing67% LA 73%

Maths71% LA 74%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA 0.4

-0.8 to 2.8

-2.1

Write

LA -1.1

-3.8 to -0.4

-2

Maths

LA -0.3

-3.6 to -0.4

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2018-10-09

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2014-04-02

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2011-06-21

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.4%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.7% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.6%(2 pupils)

Summer term 2023

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 0.868% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2023, this school served a headcount of 345 pupils. During this period, there were 5 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.4%, which is above the termly national average of 0.7%.

View Historical Disciplinary Records (2017–2025)keyboard_arrow_down

Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2022/23 (Summer term)	345	5	1.4%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	334	2	0.6%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	319	2	0.6%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	332	2	0.6%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	331	2	0.6%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	323	1	0.3%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	350	1	0.3%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	342	2	0.6%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	332	3	0.9%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	344	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	344	1	0.3%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	333	1	0.3%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	353	2	0.6%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	345	2	0.6%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	336	1	0.3%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	360	1	0.3%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	355	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	347	1	0.3%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	372	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	357	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	343	0	0.0%	0.5%