St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Dudley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Dudley for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 January 2025. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 93% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Dudley.
- For Reception 2026 there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- The Reception last distance offered was further from the school in 2025 than in 2024; no 2026 figure was published.
- Free school meal eligibility is 24.5% of pupils, below the middle figure of 40.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Dudley.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dudley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hillcrest Road, Dudley, DY2 7PW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 245 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 January 2025
Strengths
- “At St Joseph’s Primary School, the school’s mission to ‘work, learn and grow together’ shines through.”
- “Pupils rise to the high expectations set for them.”
- “This shared commitment creates an environment where pupils flourish.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, pupils’ learning is not checked effectively enough.”
- “Teachers do not always know when pupils have not understood or when pupils have gaps in their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 January 2025 (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) | 93% | 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, 28 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 Dudley.
- Beechwood Church of England Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Kates Hill Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Blowers Green Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Sledmere Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Jesson's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Priory Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Foxyards Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Northfield Road Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published