St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Otley
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Otley, Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.703 miles
Last place: Any Other Children · Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Otley is a primary school in Otley, Leeds for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 February 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Otley 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 | 0.703 mi |
| 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026, under one of its admission criteria, lived 0.703 miles away.
- Of 68 Leeds primary schools with a published last distance, this school's 2026 Reception figure was the 33rd shortest, and the middle figure was 0.71 miles.
- There were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers for Reception in 2026: 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Manor Square, Otley, LS21 3AP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 187 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 February 2024
Strengths
- “This school is greatly valued by parents and carers.”
- “They appreciate the love and care that goes into helping their children to flourish.”
- “The strong Catholic ethos drives the school’s ambition for every pupil to be happy and achieve well.”
To improve
- “In these subjects, gaps in pupils’ learning are not identified effectively.”
- “Also, pupils do not use subject-specific vocabulary as well as they do in mathematics.”
- “They learn about different world faiths, though some pupils’ knowledge of these is patchy.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 May 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) | 67% | 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: 31 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 Leeds.
- Westgate Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Otley All Saints CofE Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashfield Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Otley the Whartons Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Guiseley Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Queensway Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St. Oswald's CofE Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tranmere Park Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published