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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole

  • 4–11Ages
  • 370Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 140767URN

Sancreed Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 4DZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
close to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

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80 applications for 32 places · 28th of 52 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
64%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 18 October 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionRequires improvement

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
2.5applications per place, Reception
close to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

80 applications · 32 places offered · 32 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  4. 2023 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  9. 2018 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  10. 2017 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
  11. 2016 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
  12. 2015 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
  13. 2014 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median in 1 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median

Dashed bars: as St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole (URN 113831), 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 202632802.5321.00
Sep 202535872.5330.94
Sep 202444972.2441.00
Sep 202333762.3300.91
Sep 202248861.8450.94
Sep 202144912.1400.91
Sep 2020601051.8530.88
Sep 201956981.8330.59
Sep 2018601352.3580.97
Sep 2017531152.2520.98
Sep 2016601342.2540.90
Sep 2015601292.2621.03
Sep 2014 *601091.8550.92

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 76% · Writing 72% · Maths 71% → all three 64% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard64%25th of 50 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Reading
Expected standard76%
Higher standard31%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard72%
Greater depth7%
Maths
Expected standard71%
Higher standard28%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2564%7%106106
2023/2459%3%104105
2022/2361%16%106105

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

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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
Primary
URN · DfE number
140767 · 839/3611
Trust
Plymouth Cast
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
420 pupils · 370 on roll
Free school meals
25.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2014
Replaced
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole (URN 113831)
Address
Sancreed Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 4DZ
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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