St Josephs Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · London, Camden
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Not published
From London Borough of Camden · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
St Josephs Catholic Primary School is a primary school in London, Camden for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 23 April 2025. Camden has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
St Josephs Catholic Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 18 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception 2026, 12 of the 40 applications (30%) came from families living outside Camden, and 4 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Camden.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Camden schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Macklin Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2B 5NA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Council
- Camden
- Pupils on roll
- 133 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 23 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this exceptionally happy and welcoming primary school.”
- “They benefit from highly positive experiences, including a broad, rich and exciting curriculum.”
- “Staff have the very highest expectations for pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, sometimes staff do not check pupils have understood what they need to know, before they move on to new learning, as closely as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 77% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 16 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 16 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Camden.
- St George the Martyr Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Alban's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Christopher Hatton Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Argyle Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Netley Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Edith Neville Primary School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mary and St Pancras Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Christ Church School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published