St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Bristol, Bristol, City of
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Bristol City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 December 2022. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
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 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 |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 21 first-choice applications for 23 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 26th lowest of 93 Bristol primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Of its pupils, 13.6% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 31% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol.
- There are 24.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bristol, City of schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Chatsworth Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 3QR
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bristol, City of
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “They are polite and courteous.”
- “Pupils treat everyone equally and with respect.”
To improve
- “However, this is not the case in some other areas of the curriculum.”
- “Pupils are not clear what they are learning and they struggle to remember what they have been taught.”
- “Teachers do not routinely check what pupils know well enough before moving on to new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 February 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) | 56% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 21 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 Bristol, City of.
- Chester Park Infant School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chester Park Junior School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- Minerva Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Fishponds CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Avanti Gardens School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Two Mile Hill Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Air Balloon Hill Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Summerhill Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
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