St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.323 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 14 May 2025. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill 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 | 0.323 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.323 miles from the school, nearer than in 2025.
- Of the 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, this was the 4th shortest; the middle figure was 1.38 miles.
- Reception 2026 saw 23 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Mobberley Road, Goldenhill, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 5RN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 14 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are rightly proud of their school and the many opportunities they experience.”
- “Warm, supportive relationships feature throughout the school.”
- “These help pupils to feel happy and safe in school.”
To improve
- “However, in a small minority of subjects, teaching does not consistently build on what pupils already know well.”
- “The school does not check what pupils know and remember to enable them to make links between concepts well enough.”
- “As a result, some pupils have gaps in their learning and struggle to remember what they have learned.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 June 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) | 59% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 23 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 Stoke-on-Trent.
- Goldenhill Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Star Academy, Sandyford 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Summerbank Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Packmoor Ormiston Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Mill Hill Primary Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Whitfield Valley Primary Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published