St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Pudsey, Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Pudsey, Leeds for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 June 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 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 |
And 8 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception entry in 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 150 of the 219 other Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 24 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leeds schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Mount Pleasant Road, Pudsey, LS28 7AZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 297 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 June 2024
Strengths
- “This is a friendly, welcoming school.”
- “A strong Christian culture underpins its work.”
- “Pupils are proud to belong to the school family.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, some pupils have misconceptions in their phonics knowledge.”
- “Staff have not received recent phonics refresher training to support pupils precisely with this.”
- “However, the curriculum has limited opportunities to develop children’s ideas and vocabulary to extend their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 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) | 73% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 24 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 Leeds.
- Lowtown Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Swinnow Primary School 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Greenside Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stanningley Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southroyd Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Pudsey Waterloo Primary 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Park Spring Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published