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St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School

Primary · London · SW15 2QD

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No current grade

Ungraded inspection: no current grade

Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Standards maintained”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade. No graded inspection appears in Ofsted's records for this school since 2015 either, so SchoolFacts shows no grade rather than guessing. Any earlier grade is on the school's Ofsted report page.

Inspected 18 December 2024

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At a glance

139 pupils · 59% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
30.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
49.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.stjosephs.wandsworth.sch.uk
URN
101045

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 11 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 0.38 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2018 entry went to 336 m (≈0.21 mi); distance decided places in 4 of the 12 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.38 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 11 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2018 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 336 m (≈0.21 mi)

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

19 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
84%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school84%
Median of its 12 closest peers73.5%
Wandsworth average70%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolCambridge · 53 miles awayGood52%
Coppice AcademySolihull · 94 miles awayExpected standard60%
St Catherine's Catholic Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 250 miles awayGood33%
Park AcademyLondon · 4 miles awayOutstanding94%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolTeddington · 6 miles awayGood69%
The Priory CofE SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood70%
The Aldgate SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayOutstanding77%
Servite RC Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayExceptional90%
Lum Head Primary SchoolCheadle · 158 miles awayGood78%
Langtons Junior AcademyHornchurch · 20 miles awayGood55%
Brindishe Lee SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayGood79%
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, NW3London · 6 miles awayOutstanding85%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 19% (Wandsworth 16%, England 7%) · White British 19% (Wandsworth 28%, England 60%) · Black African 16% (Wandsworth 10%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 14% (Wandsworth 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 8% (Wandsworth 4%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Wandsworth 7%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 5% (Wandsworth 3%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Wandsworth 5%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 4% (Wandsworth 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Wandsworth 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Wandsworth 2%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Wandsworth 1%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.28 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wandsworth: 1.06 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

62.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £62,680; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,721
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £45,108; in-year balance +£113,845

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher75.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications4.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work67.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health69.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier51.6%62.3%
Social housing6.7%17.1%
Privately rented41.7%20.5%
Detached houses0.5%22.9%
Flats59.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms29.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van40.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004511 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£560,0001,343 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£434,500–£795,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (13)£1,590,000
Semi-detached (47)£1,347,000
Terraced (217)£1,250,000
Flat (1066)£500,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.34 km, 2018 entry): 240 sales, median £590,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
22an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
137an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
27an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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