St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Aldershot, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Aldershot, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 27 February 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted rated it Outstanding in February 2024, and in 2024/25 88% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 26% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 93 first-choice applications for 69 offers; 68 went to first-choice families, and 25 first-choice families (27%) were not offered a place.
- 19 of the 162 applications for Reception 2026 (12%) came from families living outside Hampshire, and 5 offers went to them.
- Free school meal eligibility is 9.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 17.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bridge Road, Aldershot, GU11 3DD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 487 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 27 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish in this exceptional school.”
- “Joseph’s family’ because everyone takes care of one another.”
- “Pupils strive to treat others as they wish to be treated.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 April 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) | 88% | 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: 93 first-preference applications, 69 offers in total, 68 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 Hampshire.
- St Michael's Church of England Controlled Infant School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Controlled Junior School 0.4 mi Good
- Park Primary School 0.6 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Talavera Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Talavera Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding
- Wellington Community Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stanhope Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Cambridge Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published