St Joseph's Catholic Infant School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–7 · Wembley, Brent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.60 miles
2 Cath, Ccp, In Parish · Published by Brent Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
St Joseph's Catholic Infant School is a primary school in Wembley, Brent for ages 3–7 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 October 2023. Brent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Infant 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 2026 | 1.60 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 1.37 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.74 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Catholic children living in the parish, the last Reception place in 2026 went to a child 1.60 miles away, the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception last distances have swung sharply between some years, the biggest move coming from 2024 to 2025, and 2026 was further from the school than both.
- Reception 2026 saw 70 first-choice applications for 70 offers; 67 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 5.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 22.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Brent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Brent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Waverley Avenue, Wembley, HA9 6TA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Brent
- Pupils on roll
- 255 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are really proud to come to this school.”
- “Pupils come into school happily, especially when pupils see Nutmeg, the school’s dog.”
- “All members of the school community aim to live by the school’s mission statement, which is based on, love, kindness and forgiveness.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, pupils struggle to form letters accurately when they are writing.”
- “Some pupils are not supported sufficiently well to improve the legibility of their handwriting.”
- “Sometimes, this hampers pupils from being able to read and understand their own written work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 70 first-preference applications, 70 offers in total, 67 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 Brent.
- St Joseph's Catholic Junior School 0.0 mi Good
- Elsley Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Park Lane Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lyon Park Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakington Manor Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Wembley Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barham Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chalkhill Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published