St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Dartford, Bexley
Last distance offered · Reception 2022
Not published
From London Borough of Bexley · offers on 19 April 2022
2017–2021 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Dartford, Bexley for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 July 2023. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2022 entry.
St Joseph's 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 2022 | Not published |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, there were 25 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception 2026, 9 of the 67 applications (13%) came from families living outside Bexley, and 4 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 84% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 25% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Of 8 schools (this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Bexley that have results), its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the highest.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bexley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Old Road, Crayford, Dartford, DA1 4DZ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are safe and happy and they work hard at this school.”
- “They behave very well in lessons and around the school.”
- “Pupils are respectful to staff, to visitors, and to each other.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, however, teachers do not check pupils’ understanding of the subject content.”
- “This means that some pupils are unable to complete tasks, or they develop misconceptions.”
- “This leads to gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 2023 (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) | 84% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 25 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 Bexley.
- St Paulinus Church of England Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mayplace Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gravel Hill Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Haberdashers' Crayford Primary 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Fairford Academy Barnehurst 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pelham Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barnehurst Infant School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Barnehurst Junior School 1.1 mi Outstanding