St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Broadstairs
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Broadstairs, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.394 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Broadstairs is a primary school in Broadstairs, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Broadstairs 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 | 2.394 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 21 Reception offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Ofsted's January 2025 visit gave no grade; its previous graded outcome, in June 2022, was Requires improvement.
- Free school meal eligibility is 41.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 32.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Broadstairs, St Peter's Park Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2BA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 151 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this happy and safe school.”
- “The popular clubs, such as football, basketball and cross-stitch, and various trips through the year, enrich pupils’ experiences.”
- “The school’s values help pupils to develop respectful and tolerant attitudes.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects from early years to Year 6, the curriculum is not yet fully embedded.”
- “Consequently, although most pupils achieve well overall in a few subjects, some pupils have gaps in their knowledge.”
- “Prior to this year, absence and persistent absence rates were too high.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 February 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) | 57% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 17 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 Kent.
- Upton Junior School 0.4 mi Not judged
- St Peter-in-Thanet CofE Junior School 0.4 mi Outstanding
- St Mildred's Primary Infant School 0.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ramsgate, Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newlands Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northdown Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published