St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Lichfield, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Not published

From Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Lichfield, Staffordshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 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

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

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Reception 2026 drew 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.1 first choices per offer and the 35th highest of 296 Staffordshire primary schools.
Of the 2026 Reception offers, 29 went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
Free school meal eligibility is 8.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 22.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.

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

Key facts

Address: Cherry Orchard, Lichfield, WS14 9AN
Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 205 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 8.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.4

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 March 2026

Strengths

“Pupils arrive at St Joseph’s knowing they will be welcomed, listened to and included.”
“Familiar routines help them settle quickly.”
“Pupils are enthusiastic learners, who take pride in their efforts.”

To improve

“Leaders should continue to refine curriculum design and implementation, extending adaptations so that all pupils, including in the early years, benefit from learning that is transformational.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 May 2026 (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)	79%	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: 33 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 Staffordshire.

Five Spires Academy 0.0 mi Good Last distance published
St Michael's CofE (C) Primary School 0.1 mi Standards maintained
St Chad's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained
Scotch Orchard Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
Chadsmead Primary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged
Christ Church CofE (C) Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Willows Primary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade