St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Malvern, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.254 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Malvern, Worcestershire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 April 2024. Worcestershire 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 | 1.254 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 1.254 miles away, the 13th shortest of 83 Worcestershire primary schools with a published last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a place in 6 of the 7 Reception years with a published outcome, and for 2026 there were 14 first-choice applications for 14 offers.
- In 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Worcestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Newtown Road, Malvern, WR14 1PF
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 99 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 April 2024
Strengths
- “St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School is a happy and friendly community where pupils feel safe.”
- “The school sets clear routines and expectations for all pupils.”
- “Staff consistently follow the school’s approach: ‘be ready, be safe, be respectful’.”
To improve
- “However, this is not the case in a few subjects.”
- “However, at times, pupils’ misconceptions are not picked up and addressed quickly enough in lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 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) | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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 Worcestershire.
- Northleigh CofE Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Somers Park Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Matthias Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Beacon View Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St James' CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Malvern Parish CofE Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Great Malvern Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Madresfield CofE Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published