St Joseph's Catholic School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Salisbury, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
8.122 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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St Joseph's Catholic School is a secondary school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 6 February 2024. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 8.122 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 8.122 miles away, the 14th shortest of 28 Wiltshire secondary schools with a published last distance (middle 9.03 miles).
- In 2024/25, 39% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 40.4 (England 46).
- Year 7 2026 had 86 first-choice applications for 102 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 16 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 565 pupils on roll (January 2026 school census), with 14 pupils per teacher against a middle figure of 17.2 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wiltshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wiltshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Church Road, Laverstock, Salisbury, SP1 1QY
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 565 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 6 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are safe and happy at St Joseph’s Catholic School.”
- “The school has a calm and purposeful atmosphere that has improved over time.”
- “Pupils treat others with care and respect, creating a positive environment for learning.”
To improve
- “Pupils experience an inconsistent quality of teaching.”
- “However, the quality of some pupils' work does not always meet leaders’ high expectations.”
- “Adaptations in teaching to meet pupils’ needs are not always effective.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 86 first-preference applications, 102 offers in total, 86 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wiltshire.
- Wyvern St Edmund's Academy 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- South Wilts Grammar School 1.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sarum Academy 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Trafalgar School at Downton 6.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Stonehenge School 6.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Avon Valley Academy 8.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Wellington Academy 13.0 mi Good Last distance published