St Joseph Catholic Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Watford, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Not published

From Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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St Joseph Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Watford, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 8 June 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

St Joseph 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	Not published
Reception 2024	Not published
Reception 2023	Not published
Reception 2022	Not published
Reception 2021	Not published
Reception 2020	Not published
Reception 2019	Not published
Reception 2018	Not published
Reception 2017	Not published
Reception 2016	Not published
Reception 2015	Not published

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

15.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 20.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
Reception 2026: 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, so 10 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Among 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire, its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result ranked 4th lowest.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Ainsdale Road, South Oxhey, Watford, WD19 7DW
Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 239 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 15.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.4

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

School remains Outstanding Inspected 8 June 2023

Strengths

“Pupils at St Joseph’s are really proud of their school.”
“The simple school rule, to ‘be kind’, is understood, followed and applied to all situations by pupils and adults.”
“This means that pupils feel safe.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 July 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)	68%	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: 39 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 Hertfordshire.

Warren Dell Primary School 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Oxhey Wood Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Greenfields Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Woodhall Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
St Meryl School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Eastbury Farm Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Bromet Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Laurance Haines School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published