St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Wetherby, Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby is a primary school in Wetherby, Leeds for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 8 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception 2026, as at 150 of the 219 other Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 26 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 20 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leeds schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Barley Fields Road, Wetherby, LS22 6PR
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 226 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “St Joseph’s is a friendly and supportive school.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and respectful.”
- “Pupils learn to be resilient and to care for one another.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, this information is not used well enough to ensure that planned activities reflect pupils’ existing knowledge and next steps.”
- “However, at times, the planned activities are not well matched to pupils’ knowledge or skills in these areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 2025 (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) | 77% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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 Leeds.
- Crossley Street Primary School 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Deighton Gates Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Collingham Lady Elizabeth Hastings Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Primrose Lane Primary School 2.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published