St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Newton Abbot, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Newton Abbot, Devon for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 6 December 2023. Devon 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
- Ofsted rated it Requires improvement in December 2023; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon, 5 are rated Good and 3 have no current grade.
- Reception 2026 drew 14 first-choice applications for 15 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 71% 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 Devon.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Devon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Coombeshead Road, Highweek, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 80 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 6 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They are happy and they feel safe and welcome.”
- “Parents and carers appreciate the close relationships staff build with their children.”
To improve
- “However, the quality of education does not always match this ambition.”
- “However, the trust also appreciates that further work is needed.”
- “However, some staff do not always model and reinforce the programme’s agreed reading strategies.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 January 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) | 71% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 14 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 Devon.
- Highweek Community Primary and Nursery School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bearnes Voluntary Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Saints Marsh CofE Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Canada Hill Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Decoy Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published