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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 201Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 140764URN

Chapel Street, Devonport, Plymouth, PL1 4DJ · 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

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.2 below Plymouth median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Plymouth

47 applications for 30 places · 46th of 58 in Plymouth
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
53%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 9 June 2026Published 13 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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. 9 June 2026
    Report card · 1 Expected standard, 6 Needs attention
  2. 4 May 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
1.6applications per place, Reception
0.2 below Plymouth median (1.8) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

47 applications · 30 places offered · 35 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.6; Plymouth median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.7; Plymouth median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.0; Plymouth median median 2.0
  4. 2023 1.7; Plymouth median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.7; Plymouth median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.6; Plymouth median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.6; Plymouth median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.7; Plymouth median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.9; Plymouth median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.8; Plymouth median median 2.2
  11. 2016 1.5; Plymouth median median 2.2
  12. 2015 1.5; Plymouth median median 2.4
  13. 2014 1.7; Plymouth median median 2.2; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Plymouth median in 0 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • Plymouth median

Dashed bars: as St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 113491), the previous school.

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 202630471.6351.17
Sep 202530501.7341.13
Sep 202428552.0381.36
Sep 202329501.7311.07
Sep 202223401.7220.96
Sep 202129471.6361.24
Sep 202030491.6341.13
Sep 201930521.7331.10
Sep 201830561.9371.23
Sep 201727491.8271.00
Sep 201629441.5220.76
Sep 201529421.5240.83
Sep 2014 *30511.7331.10

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 77% · Maths 67% → all three 53% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard53%53rd of 65 in Plymouth
Reading
Expected standard67%
Higher standard23%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard77%
Greater depth3%
Maths
Expected standard67%
Higher standard13%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Plymouth median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2553%3%103102
2023/2454%4%103101
2022/2362%10%103104

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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
140764 · 879/3765
Trust
Plymouth Cast
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
236 pupils · 201 on roll
Free school meals
23.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2014
Replaced
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 113491)
Address
Chapel Street, Devonport, Plymouth, PL1 4DJ
Local authority
Plymouth

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