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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Primary · Stockport · SK1 1EF

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 9 June 2026 · report published 15 July 2026

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At a glance

101 pupils · 58% of 175 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
38.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
34.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
9.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.st-josephs-pri.stockport.sch.uk
URN
149935

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 9 families named it first for 9 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 9 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

9 places offered · 9 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
53%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school53%
Median of its 12 closest peers48%
Stockport average64%
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
Welbourne Primary AcademyPeterborough · 96 miles awayGood45%
The Ferns Primary AcademyFarnborough · 156 miles awayGood55%
All Souls CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 156 miles awayOutstanding70%
St Richard's Church of England Primary SchoolRichmond · 157 miles awayGood70%
Middlemarch SchoolNuneaton · 68 miles awayGood29%
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolWigston · 72 miles awayRequires improvement45%
Sauncey Wood Primary SchoolHarpenden · 133 miles awayGood59%
Wallington Primary AcademyWallington · 166 miles awayNeeds attention31%
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolWokingham · 149 miles awayGood51%
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolOldham · 9 miles awayGood41%
Colville Primary SchoolCambridge · 129 miles awayGood62%
Rhodes Green CE Primary SchoolManchester · 10 miles awayRequires improvement0%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 38% (Stockport 72%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 28% (Stockport 2%, England 4%) · Black African 16% (Stockport 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 5% (Stockport 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 4% (Stockport 0%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Stockport 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 3% (Stockport 3%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Stockport 6%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Stockport 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Stockport 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Stockport 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)
6.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.88 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Stockport: 1.22 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
15.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

57.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.9 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 £56,255; 40% 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 (2024-25)

This school£8,709
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 9% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£16,000; in-year balance +£77,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher32.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work31%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier22.5%62.3%
Social housing39.1%17.1%
Privately rented38.1%20.5%
Detached houses1.4%22.9%
Flats68.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms3.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van48.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033947 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£185,000315 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£155,000–£220,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (38)£231,000
Terraced (132)£205,000
Flat (144)£157,000

Homes around this school are cheaper 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
9an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
47an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
18an 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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