St Joseph's RC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.509 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's RC Primary School is a primary school in Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's RC 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 2026 | 0.509 mi |
| 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 |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 0.509 miles away, 12th shortest of 26 Salford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 0.53 miles).
- Every applicant was offered a place in 5 of the 11 Reception years with a published outcome; the last distance swung sharply, most of all from 2017 to 2018.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 30% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Salford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St Joseph's Drive, Ordsall, Salford, M5 3JP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 220 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending school.”
- “They value the friendships they build here.”
- “Pupils cherish the opportunities they have to broaden their experiences.”
To improve
- “While pupils learn a broad range of subjects, the quality of the curriculum delivery is inconsistent, including within the school's programme for personal development.”
- “This leads to pupils' achievement being variable.”
- “It sometimes hinders them from being well prepared for the next stage of their education.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2026 (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) | 30% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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 Salford.
- Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's Centre 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lark Hill Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Willow Tree Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Family VA RC Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Friars Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published