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St Joseph's Catholic Junior School

Primary · London · E10 5DX

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 5 May 2023

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At a glance

107 pupils · 59% of 180 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
28% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
40.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.stjosephsinfantleyton.co.uk
URN
103086

In figures

An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 5 May 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
43%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school43%
Median of its 12 closest peers50%
Waltham Forest average74.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Star Academy, SandyfordStoke-on-Trent · 139 miles awayExpected standard50%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School GooleGoole · 152 miles awayGood63%
St Alphonsus RC Primary SchoolManchester · 161 miles awayGood76%
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary SchoolBarnsley · 147 miles awayGood50%
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, GatesheadGateshead · 243 miles awayNo current grade39%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, MoorthorpePontefract · 150 miles awayGood55%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolSheffield · 134 miles awayGood11%
Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolLeicester · 89 miles awayNo current grade45%
Diss Church of England Junior AcademyDiss · 74 miles awayGood50%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BanburyBanbury · 67 miles awayGood50%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolNorthampton · 61 miles awayGood52%
St Peter's Eaton Square CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood91%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 30% (Waltham Forest 19%, England 7%) · Black African 22% (Waltham Forest 7%, England 5%) · White British 8% (Waltham Forest 25%, England 60%) · Black Caribbean 8% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Waltham Forest 8%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Waltham Forest 12%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Waltham Forest 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Waltham Forest 4%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 3% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Waltham Forest 4%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 4%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Waltham Forest 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Waltham Forest 0%, England 0%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Waltham Forest 0%, England 0%)

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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Waltham Forest: 0.98 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
19.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% left the state-funded sector

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)

57.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.5 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 £51,229; 16.7% 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£10,029
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (76%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£106,834; in-year balance +£19,466

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work17.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways35.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier19.3%62.3%
Social housing67.2%17.1%
Privately rented13.4%20.5%
Detached houses3%22.9%
Flats76.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van52%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034488 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£484,500978 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£385,000–£650,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (27)£650,000
Terraced (413)£675,000
Flat (534)£410,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
62an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
14an 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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