St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Stockport · SK5 6BG
Data updated
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 3 February 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
457 pupils · 93% of 490 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 29.6% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 6.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 13.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 1.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.stjosephsreddish.org
- URN
- 150473
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 47 families named it first for 50 Reception places, 0.94 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 3 February 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.94 first-choice applications per place50 places offered · 47 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Stockport school admissions · the wider Stockport authority
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
60 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
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
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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 75% (Stockport 72%, England 60%) · Black African 5% (Stockport 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 3% (Stockport 3%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Stockport 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Stockport 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Stockport 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Stockport 6%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Stockport 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Stockport 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Stockport 2%, England 4%) · White Irish 1% (Stockport 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Stockport 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
1.49 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
71% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 25% 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)
66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.3 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 £50,086; 13.6% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 9% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £114,000; in-year balance +£239,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 32.2% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 16.7% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 34.9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 17.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 49.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 43.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 13% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 43.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 1.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 45.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 4.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 30.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005893 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £230,000521 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £185,000–£270,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
- 4an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 3an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 15an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 6an 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