Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Rotherham
Last distance offered · Reception 2021
Not published
From Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2021
2019 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Rotherham for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 February 2024. Rotherham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2021 entry.
Our Lady and 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 2021 | Not published |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Among 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Rotherham that have results, its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 3rd highest.
- For Reception 2026, there were 27 first-choice applications for 27 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 22.6 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Rotherham is 24.4.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Rotherham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Fitzwilliam Street, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7HG
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Rotherham
- Pupils on roll
- 225 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy in this welcoming and caring school.”
- “These values set the standard for high expectations in pupils’ behaviour and success in their learning.”
- “Pupils can explain how these values influence their actions.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the knowledge is not as clearly defined.”
- “Teachers have less clarity about what to teach and how to teach it.”
- “As a result, some pupils have gaps in their knowledge and struggle to make sense of new content.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 2024 (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) | 69% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 27 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 Rotherham.
- Wath Central Primary School 0.0 mi Good
- Wath Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wath Victoria Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Highfield Farm Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Brampton Ellis CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School 1.3 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Brampton Cortonwood Infant School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Swinton Queen Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published