St. Joseph's CofE Junior School
Primary · Chichester · PO19 1DQ
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 1 November 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
165 pupils · 46% of 360 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 31.4% of pupils
- SEN support
- 18.4% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 4.3% of pupils
- Website
- www.stjosephscejunior.school
- URN
- 143553
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
47 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
34% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 45% moved to another state school · 20% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 1 November 2022: Good
- 27 March 2019: Requires improvement
- 31 October 2018: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
- 19 June 2018: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
- 6 March 2018: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
- 17 October 2017: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
- 23 May 2017: Inadequate
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.