St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole is a primary school in Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2022. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole 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	Every applicant was offered a place
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

Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as was the case at 35 of the 36 other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
Reception 2026 had 32 first-choice applications for 32 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
There are 18.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Sancreed Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 4DZ
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Pupils on roll: 370 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 25.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.9

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 18 October 2022

Strengths

“Staff care about pupils and parents in this school.”
“They provided valuable communication throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and still do.”
“Parents appreciate the listening hub the school provides.”

To improve

“There are rare moments when bullying occurs.”
“Staff deal with it swiftly but, occasionally, it recurs.”
“There is a tendency in some areas, including Reception Year, to overload the curriculum rather than concentrate on the critical knowledge that pupils need to know.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 December 2022 (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)	64%	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: 32 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 32 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 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Heatherlands Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Manorside Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Talbot Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Livingstone Road Junior School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
Livingstone Road Infant School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Courthill Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
St Mark's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published