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St Joseph's College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,104Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136460URN

London Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5NT · 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
2.9per place
1.0 above Stoke-on-Trent median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

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438 applications for 150 places · 2nd of 15 in Stoke-on-Trent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
63.6of 90
1st of 14 in Stoke-on-Trent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 29 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
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

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
2.9applications per place, Year 7
1.0 above Stoke-on-Trent median (1.9) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

438 applications · 150 places offered · 285 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.9; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
  2. 2025 3.0; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
  3. 2024 3.7; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.9; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.9; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.7; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
  7. 2020 3.0; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
  8. 2019 2.8; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.6; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.5; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.8; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
  12. 2015 2.6; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
  13. 2014 2.2; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Stoke-on-Trent median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Stoke-on-Trent median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

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 20261504382.92851.90
Sep 20251494493.02701.81
Sep 20241475453.73252.21
Sep 20231494282.92741.84
Sep 20221504322.92771.85
Sep 20211494092.72301.54
Sep 20201494433.02901.95
Sep 20191504202.82751.83
Sep 20181503862.62551.70
Sep 20171493682.52631.77
Sep 20161504152.82661.77
Sep 20151493882.62631.77
Sep 20141503352.22521.68

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

150 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)63.61st of 14 in Stoke-on-Trent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths84%1st of 14 in Stoke-on-Trent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths99%
  • This school
  • Stoke-on-Trent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.81
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15063.684%99%–
2024/2515262.478%91%–
2023/2415562.080%96%+0.81
2022/2315264.579%95%+0.67

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136460 · 861/5901
Trust
The Laetare Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,115 pupils · 1,104 on roll
Free school meals
8.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 February 2011
Replaced
St Joseph's College (URN 131301)
Address
London Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5NT
Local authority
Stoke-on-Trent

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