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Voluntary aided school · Camden

St Josephs Catholic Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 133Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • CatholicReligious character
  • 100041URN

Macklin Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2B 5NA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.6 below Camden median (2.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Camden

40 applications for 18 places · 26th of 36 in Camden
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
77%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 23 April 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 23 April 2025
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 22 February 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.2applications per place, Reception
0.6 below Camden median (2.8) close to England median (2.2)

40 applications · 18 places offered · 16 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.2; Camden median median 2.8
  2. 2025 3.6; Camden median median 3.1
  3. 2024 2.3; Camden median median 2.9
  4. 2023 2.5; Camden median median 2.9
  5. 2022 2.2; Camden median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.2; Camden median median 3.0
  7. 2020 1.8; Camden median median 3.3
  8. 2019 1.9; Camden median median 3.4
  9. 2018 2.1; Camden median median 3.4
  10. 2017 2.7; Camden median median 3.2
  11. 2016 2.5; Camden median median 3.5
  12. 2015 2.9; Camden median median 4.1
  13. 2014 2.5; Camden median median 3.9
More applications per place than the Camden median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Camden median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202618402.2160.89
Sep 202511393.6100.91
Sep 202415342.3140.93
Sep 202318452.5120.67
Sep 202220432.2190.95
Sep 202121472.2180.86
Sep 202023411.8140.61
Sep 201930561.9250.83
Sep 201830632.1250.83
Sep 201728752.7301.07
Sep 201629712.5331.14
Sep 201530872.9351.17
Sep 201430752.5341.13

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 91% · Writing 82% · Maths 86% → all three 77% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard77%20th of 38 in Camden
Reading
Expected standard91%
Higher standard45%
Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard82%
Greater depth14%
Maths
Expected standard86%
Higher standard55%
Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Camden median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2577%9%110110
2023/2465%9%105106
2022/2360%12%107105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
100041 · 202/3482
Religious character
Catholic
Capacity
223 pupils · 133 on roll
Free school meals
54.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Macklin Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2B 5NA
Local authority
Camden

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources