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St Joseph's School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 246Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 140340URN

Bevan Avenue, Rossington, Doncaster, DN11 0NB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJun 2015
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.2 above Doncaster median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Doncaster

55 applications for 30 places · 22nd of 84 in Doncaster
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
69%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJun 2015
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025

Inspection history

  1. 26 February 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 3 June 2015
    Graded inspection: Good

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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
1.8applications per place, Reception
0.2 above Doncaster median (1.6) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

55 applications · 30 places offered · 37 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.8; Doncaster median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.9; Doncaster median median 1.6
  3. 2024 1.5; Doncaster median median 1.3
  4. 2023 1.8; Doncaster median median 1.3
  5. 2022 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.3
  6. 2021 1.5; Doncaster median median 1.3
  7. 2020 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.3
  8. 2019 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.4
  9. 2018 1.6; Doncaster median median 1.4
  10. 2017 1.7; Doncaster median median 1.4
  11. 2016 1.6; Doncaster median median 1.5
  12. 2015 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.4
  13. 2014 1.5; Doncaster median median 1.5
More applications per place than the Doncaster median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Doncaster 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 202630551.8371.23
Sep 202528521.9270.96
Sep 202429441.5341.17
Sep 202330531.8481.60
Sep 202230431.4331.10
Sep 202123341.5231.00
Sep 202026351.4261.00
Sep 201919271.4191.00
Sep 201828451.6291.04
Sep 201730521.7371.23
Sep 201626411.6261.00
Sep 201527371.4260.96
Sep 201428431.5270.96

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 69% · Writing 79% · Maths 79% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%35th of 87 in Doncaster
Reading
Expected standard69%
Higher standard31%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard79%
Greater depth21%
Maths
Expected standard79%
Higher standard31%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Doncaster median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2569%17%104104
2023/2467%17%107107
2022/2360%13%104105

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

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

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School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
140340 · 371/2001
Trust
St Francis Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
210 pupils · 246 on roll
Free school meals
15.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 December 2013
Replaced
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 106775)
Address
Bevan Avenue, Rossington, Doncaster, DN11 0NB
Local authority
Doncaster

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