St Joseph's Catholic Infant School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–7 · London, Waltham Forest
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Waltham Forest Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Infant School is a primary school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 2–7 (voluntary aided school). Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted's latest inspection, on 15 April 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, on 5 June 2013, was Good.
- Reception 2026 saw 27 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 17.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 26.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Waltham Forest.
- There are 18.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Waltham Forest.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Waltham Forest schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Marsh Lane, London, E10 7BL
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 132 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 15 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are greeted each morning with warmth and positivity.”
- “They describe the school as a kind, safe and welcoming place where they feel valued.”
- “Pupils consistently behave well and show consideration for one another.”
To improve
- “Attendance for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) has varied recently, due to difficult circumstances that have a greater impact within a small school.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 27 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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 Waltham Forest.
- Willow Brook Primary School Academy 0.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Riverley Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Sybourn Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Dawlish Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thomas Gamuel Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Saviour's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Newport School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published