Ofsted: Requires improvement trending_up Places Available emoji_events #46 in Worcestershire public Top 24% UK

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

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

personMrs Catherine Bryan

location_onDroitwich, WR9 0RY

language Visit Website phone 1905773572

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Ofsted

Requires improvement

Inspected 2022

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Students

194

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Expected Standard

72%

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Demand Ratio

0.6x

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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Droitwich, serving ages 3-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards. Ranks in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Droitwich, Worcestershire, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 194 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #46 of 138 primaries in Worcestershire and #6,741 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2022. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement, personal development Requires improvement, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.6× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 19.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 12.5%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.2 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

72%

LA 56%England 61%

Reading97% LA 71% · Eng 74%

Writing76% LA 67% · Eng 72%

Maths83% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 55%England 60%

Reading96% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Writing81% LA 67% · Eng 71%

Maths78% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.4

Read

LA -0.3

0.0 to 4.9

0.7

Write

LA -0.7

-1.6 to 3.0

0.7

Maths

LA -0.8

-1.5 to 3.0

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

62%

LA 62%England 65%

Reading79% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing79% LA 73% · Eng 78%

Maths79% LA 75% · Eng 79%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.4

Read

LA -0.3

-4.6 to -0.1

-1.1

Write

LA -0.7

-3.1 to 1.0

-1.6

Maths

LA -0.6

-3.5 to 0.4

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

70%

LA 60%

Reading77% LA 71%

Writing80% LA 74%

Maths83% LA 71%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

108

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.5

Read

LA -0.7

-1.6 to 2.6

Write

LA -0.6

-2.1 to 2.1

1.8

Maths

LA -1.1

-0.1 to 3.7

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 August 2024

Inspection Report

28 June 2022

Inspection Report

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03 April 2019

Inspection Report

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09 June 2015

Inspection Report

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28 March 2014

Inspection Report

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21 October 2010

Inspection Report

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30 January 2007

Inspection Report

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01 July 2002

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

4 Evaluations

2022-06-28

S5 Inspection EIF

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Requires improvement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2019-04-03

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2015-06-09

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2010-10-21

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

0.5%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.5%(1 pupils)

Summer term 2024

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

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 188 pupils. During this period, there were 1 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.5%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	188	1	0.5%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	186	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	185	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	194	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	194	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	195	1	0.5%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	187	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	189	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	188	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	194	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	195	1	0.5%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	199	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	192	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	192	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	196	1	0.5%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	193	1	0.5%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	192	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	190	3	1.6%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	206	4	1.9%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	207	3	1.4%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	206	2	1.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	208	1	0.5%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	209	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	209	0	0.0%	0.5%