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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

  • 5–11Ages
  • 153Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 147924URN

Crownest Road, Bingley, BD16 4HQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodFeb 2020
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.1per place
0.8 above Bradford median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bradford

68 applications for 22 places · 31st of 147 in Bradford
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
75%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodFeb 2020
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024
The graded inspection, 11 February 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 23 October 2024
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained

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
3.1applications per place, Reception
0.8 above Bradford median (2.3) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

68 applications · 22 places offered · 22 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.1; Bradford median median 2.3
  2. 2025 3.4; Bradford median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.8; Bradford median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.6; Bradford median median 2.5
  5. 2022 4.5; Bradford median median 2.6
  6. 2021 3.3; Bradford median median 2.6
  7. 2020 3.7; Bradford median median 2.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 4.3; Bradford median median 2.7; as the previous school
  9. 2018 3.8; Bradford median median 2.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 4.2; Bradford median median 3.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 5.0; Bradford median median 3.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 4.0; Bradford median median 3.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 4.9; Bradford median median 3.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Bradford median in 6 of 6 years.
  • This school
  • Bradford median

Dashed bars: as St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 107342), 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 202622683.1221.00
Sep 202518613.4160.89
Sep 202425702.8240.96
Sep 202328742.6270.96
Sep 202214634.5120.86
Sep 202124803.3230.96
Sep 2020 *23853.7210.91
Sep 2019 *301294.3361.20
Sep 2018 *291113.8210.72
Sep 2017 *301254.2321.07
Sep 2016 *301515.0431.43
Sep 2015 *301204.0311.03
Sep 2014 *301484.9321.07

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 84% · Writing 81% · Maths 91% → all three 75% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard75%30th of 155 in Bradford
Reading
Expected standard84%
Higher standard41%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard81%
Greater depth13%
Maths
Expected standard91%
Higher standard22%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bradford median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2575%13%107106
2023/2474%4%106105
2022/2387%20%111108

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

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
147924 · 380/3367
Trust
Blessed Christopher Wharton Catholic Academy Trust
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
210 pupils · 153 on roll
Free school meals
9.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 May 2020
Replaced
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 107342)
Address
Crownest Road, Bingley, BD16 4HQ
Local authority
Bradford

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