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St Joseph & St Theresa Catholic Primary School

Primary · Burntwood · WS7 3XL

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Good

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.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 30 November 2022

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At a glance

225 pupils · 107% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
15.5% of pupils (January 2026)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.st-joseph-st-theresa.staffs.sch.uk/
URN
152006

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 30 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 27 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2025 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2025 entry.

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 77% (Staffordshire 80%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (Staffordshire 4%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Staffordshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Staffordshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Staffordshire 0%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Staffordshire 2%, England 4%) · White Irish 1% (Staffordshire 0%, England 0%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Staffordshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Staffordshire 1%, 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)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.3%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
27.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,474; 12.5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher19.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work20.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways28.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health40.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier43.9%62.3%
Social housing39%17.1%
Privately rented17.1%20.5%
Detached houses9.1%22.9%
Flats20.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van22.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029496 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£219,000298 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£185,500–£271,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (54)£310,000
Semi-detached (126)£232,000
Terraced (97)£190,000
Flat (21)£139,000

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
3an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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