St Joseph's College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Stoke-on-Trent
11+ scores · 2027 entry
| Qualifying score | 105 |
From St Joseph's College · a pass mark doesn't guarantee a place
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
18.473 miles
Catholic Criterion 4 · Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 3 March 2025
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St Joseph's College is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 29 April 2025. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 entry.
St Joseph's College 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 2025 | 18.473 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 285 first-choice applications for 150 offers: 1.9 first choices per offer, the highest of 15 Stoke-on-Trent secondary schools.
- In 2026, 141 Year 7 offers went to first-choice families and 144 first-choice families (51%) were not offered a place; 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Year 7 in 2025, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 18.473 miles away.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%) and the Attainment 8 score was 62.4 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Stoke-on-Trent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- London Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5NT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,104 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 29 April 2025
Strengths
- “St Joseph’s College is a special place.”
- “The motto of ‘head, hand, heart’ permeates the school and reflects its deep and lasting commitment to nurturing pupils and students to be the very best version of themselves.”
- “Pupils, including those in the sixth form, are exceptional ambassadors for their school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 2025 (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) | 78% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 62.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
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: 285 first-preference applications, 150 offers in total, 141 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 Stoke-on-Trent.
- Thistley Hough Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Trentham Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Academy 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic Academy 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ormiston Meridian Academy 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Discovery Academy 3.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published