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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

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

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corporate_fareBLESSED CHRISTOPHER WHARTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

location_onKeighley, BD21 1AR

language Visit Website phone 1535605880

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2019

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Students

323

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Expected Standard

71%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Keighley, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 31% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Keighley, Bradford, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of BLESSED CHRISTOPHER WHARTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 322 pupils on roll, of whom 32% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 4% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #33 of 156 primaries in Bradford and #2,745 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2019. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 21.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 1.9 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)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 60%

Reading82% LA 73%

Writing78% LA 70%

Maths80% LA 71%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

60%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading66% LA 71% · Eng 74%

Writing65% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths68% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

69%

LA 57%England 60%

Reading83% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Writing76% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths76% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.1

Read

LA -0.6

-2.3 to 2.4

1.1

Write

LA 0.1

-1.2 to 3.3

0.7

Maths

LA -0.1

-1.5 to 2.9

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

69%

LA 62%England 65%

Reading75% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Writing84% LA 76% · Eng 78%

Maths81% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.2

Read

LA 0.4

-2.0 to 2.4

1.7

Write

LA 0.6

-0.4 to 3.7

0.3

Maths

LA 0.8

-1.6 to 2.3

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

72%

LA 60%

Reading78% LA 71%

Writing80% LA 75%

Maths83% LA 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1

Read

LA 0.2

-2.6 to 0.6

-1.1

Write

LA 0.7

-2.6 to 0.4

1.2

Maths

LA 0.8

-0.3 to 2.7

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

25 February 2025

Inspection Report

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15 May 2019

Inspection Report

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06 October 2016

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2019-05-15

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2016-06-08

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2014-01-29

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

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

2.5%per term

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.2%(4 pupils)

Spring term 2025

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

Permanent Exclusions

1pupils

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National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 322 pupils. During this period, there were 8 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 2.5%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	322	8	2.5%	0.8%	1
2024/25 (Autumn term)	321	4	1.2%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	333	2	0.6%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	327	0	0.0%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	326	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	319	1	0.3%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	323	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	324	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	316	1	0.3%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	310	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	313	2	0.6%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	304	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	300	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	291	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	290	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	290	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	288	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	275	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	278	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	280	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	286	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	289	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	289	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	311	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	309	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	298	0	0.0%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 26 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 23 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 6 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 2 pupils

Physical Disability 2 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils