St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- School rating
- Good Mar 4 2025 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 3 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Unique reference
- 148951
- Address
- Oxford Street, TA8 1LG
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 267 (98% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 53.9%
- Girls
- 46.1%
- First language not English
- 10.5%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 18%
- Persistent absence
- 12.0%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 12.4%
White British 73.8%
Other White 8.6%
Unclassified 7.9%
Mixed 3.7%
Other Asian 3.4%
Irish 1.1%
African 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingWell below average-4.3
WritingAverage0.5
MathsBelow average-2.5
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 73%
Local authority average 56%
England average 62%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 6%
Local authority average 7%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 107
Local authority average 105
England average 106
Average score in maths
School 103
Local authority average 103
England average 105
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025
Admissions
St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 34
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 37
- 2nd preference
- 22
- 3rd preference
- 7
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 34
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 29.4 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 25.5 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 34.5 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Nursery Year 1, Part-time | 4 0 4 |
| Nursery Year 1, Full-time | 1 0 1 |
| Nursery Year 2, Part-time | 13 6 7 |
| Nursery Year 2, Full-time | 9 6 3 |
| Reception, Full-time | 34 18 16 |
| Year 1 | 34 20 14 |
| Year 2 | 34 14 20 |
| Year 3 | 35 24 11 |
| Year 4 | 34 15 19 |
| Year 5 | 34 19 15 |
| Year 6 | 35 22 13 |