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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 342Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 148101URN

Park Lane, Park Lane Bd5 0rb, Bradford, BD5 0RB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJun 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jun 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
0.9 below Bradford median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bradford

59 applications for 41 places · 138th of 147 in Bradford
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
47%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJun 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jun 2023

Inspection history

  1. 28 June 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
1.4applications per place, Reception
0.9 below Bradford median (2.3) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

59 applications · 41 places offered · 41 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.4; Bradford median median 2.3
  2. 2025 1.8; Bradford median median 2.4
  3. 2024 1.8; Bradford median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.0; Bradford median median 2.5
  5. 2022 1.8; Bradford median median 2.6
  6. 2021 1.9; Bradford median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.2; Bradford median median 2.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.5; Bradford median median 2.7; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.0; Bradford median median 2.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.2; Bradford median median 3.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.9; Bradford median median 3.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.1; Bradford median median 3.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.4; Bradford median median 3.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Bradford median in 0 of 6 years.
  • This school
  • Bradford median

Dashed bars: as St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 107327), 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 202641591.4411.00
Sep 202532561.8300.94
Sep 202436641.8320.89
Sep 202344862.0521.18
Sep 202235641.8320.91
Sep 202139741.9370.95
Sep 2020 *40862.2380.95
Sep 2019 *401012.5340.85
Sep 2018 *39792.0380.97
Sep 2017 *40892.2360.90
Sep 2016 *401152.9431.08
Sep 2015 *401233.1511.27
Sep 2014 *401363.4491.23

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 65% · Writing 70% · Maths 67% → all three 47% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard47%127th of 155 in Bradford
Reading
Expected standard65%
Higher standard19%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard70%
Greater depth9%
Maths
Expected standard67%
Higher standard12%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bradford median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2547%0%103102
2023/2451%0%103103
2022/2355%7%104103

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

Schools nearby

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
148101 · 380/3338
Trust
Blessed Christopher Wharton Catholic Academy Trust
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
350 pupils · 342 on roll
Free school meals
34.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 November 2020
Replaced
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 107327)
Address
Park Lane, Park Lane Bd5 0rb, Bradford, BD5 0RB
Local authority
Bradford

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