St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Wednesbury, Walsall
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Walsall Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston is a primary school in Wednesbury, Walsall for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 25 April 2023. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston 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 2015 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2014 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted rated it Outstanding in April 2023; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Walsall, 5 are Good and 3 have no current grade.
- All 30 Reception offers in 2026 went to first-choice families, from 43 first-choice applications; 13 first-choice families (30%) were not offered a place.
- Its 1.4 first-choice applications per Reception offer in 2026 were the 4th highest of 74 Walsall primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Walsall schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rough Hay Road, Darlaston, Wednesbury, WS10 8HN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 245 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 25 April 2023
Strengths
- “St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary is an exceptional school.”
- “Leaders are highly ambitious for every child to be the best that they can be.”
- “They are relentless in their work to ensure pupils attend school regularly and are successful in securing good rates of pupil attendance.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 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) | 74% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Walsall.
- Woods Bank Academy 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Old Church Church of England C Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pinfold Street Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Salisbury Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kings Hill Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- County Bridge Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Giles Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barcroft Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published