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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 389Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 148671URN

Priory Road, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross, SL9 8SB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJul 2017
Improved significantlyUngraded inspection · May 2025
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
close to Buckinghamshire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Buckinghamshire

109 applications for 43 places · 51st of 132 in Buckinghamshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
74%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJul 2017
Improved significantlyUngraded inspection · May 2025

Inspection history

  1. 22 May 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly

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 Buckinghamshire median (2.5) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

109 applications · 43 places offered · 40 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.5; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  2. 2025 1.9; Buckinghamshire median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.4; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  4. 2023 2.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  5. 2022 2.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.0; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.2; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.7; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.7; Buckinghamshire median median 2.4; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Buckinghamshire median in 1 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median

Dashed bars: as St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 110477), 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 2026431092.5400.93
Sep 2025551021.9350.64
Sep 2024471112.4410.87
Sep 2023591222.1570.97
Sep 2022481022.1460.96
Sep 2021 *551122.0450.82
Sep 2020 *46841.8350.76
Sep 2019 *41882.2320.78
Sep 2018 *36641.8340.94
Sep 2017 *38661.7340.89
Sep 2016 *41862.1360.88
Sep 2015 *55971.8500.91
Sep 2014 *56931.7460.82

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 86% · Writing 78% · Maths 78% → all three 74% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard74%41st of 139 in Buckinghamshire
Reading
Expected standard86%
Higher standard46%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard78%
Greater depth30%
Maths
Expected standard78%
Higher standard36%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2574%16%108106
2023/2465%19%107106
2022/2370%15%109108

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
148671 · 825/3371
Trust
St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
436 pupils · 389 on roll
Free school meals
17.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 December 2021
Replaced
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 110477)
Address
Priory Road, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross, SL9 8SB
Local authority
Buckinghamshire

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