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Voluntary aided school · Bracknell Forest

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bracknell

  • 4–11Ages
  • 210Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 110027URN

Gipsy Lane, Bracknell Forest, RG12 9AP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
1.0 above Bracknell Forest median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bracknell Forest

91 applications for 30 places · 6th of 29 in Bracknell Forest
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
90%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 23 June 2026Published 8 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 23 June 2026
    Report card · 7 Strong standard
  2. 11 January 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

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
3.0applications per place, Reception
1.0 above Bracknell Forest median (2.1) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

91 applications · 30 places offered · 45 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.0; Bracknell Forest median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.6; Bracknell Forest median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.8; Bracknell Forest median median 2.1
  4. 2023 1.8; Bracknell Forest median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.9; Bracknell Forest median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.8; Bracknell Forest median median 2.0
  7. 2020 3.4; Bracknell Forest median median 2.2
  8. 2019 2.9; Bracknell Forest median median 2.1
  9. 2018 2.7; Bracknell Forest median median 2.4
  10. 2017 4.1; Bracknell Forest median median 3.0
  11. 2016 3.4; Bracknell Forest median median 2.8
  12. 2015 3.3; Bracknell Forest median median 2.8
  13. 2014 3.4; Bracknell Forest median median 3.2
More applications per place than the Bracknell Forest median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Bracknell Forest 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 202630913.0451.50
Sep 202530782.6481.60
Sep 202430832.8511.70
Sep 202329531.8270.93
Sep 202229852.9431.48
Sep 202130842.8501.67
Sep 202029993.4521.79
Sep 201930862.9401.33
Sep 201830822.7441.47
Sep 2017301234.1642.13
Sep 2016301013.4441.47
Sep 2015301003.3501.67
Sep 201429983.4531.83

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 100% · Writing 90% · Maths 100% → all three 90% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard90%1st of 26 in Bracknell Forest
Reading
Expected standard100%
Higher standard67%
Average scaled score 112 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard90%
Greater depth17%
Maths
Expected standard100%
Higher standard57%
Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bracknell Forest median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2590%13%112110
2023/2481%10%110107
2022/2389%21%110111

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
110027 · 867/3333
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
210 pupils · 210 on roll
Free school meals
6.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Gipsy Lane, Bracknell Forest, RG12 9AP
Local authority
Bracknell Forest

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources