St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Wareham, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2020
4.639 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2020
2015 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Wareham, Dorset for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 21 February 2024. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2020 entry.
St Mary & 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 2020 | 4.639 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2020 Reception last distance offered was 4.639 miles, further than in 2015, and the 2nd longest of the 5 Dorset primary schools with a published Reception 2020 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 5 first-choice applications for 5 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 13.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 18.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Dorset.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dorset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Folly Lane, Wool, Wareham, BH20 6DS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 81 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 21 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Mary & St Jospeh’s Catholic Primary School have positive attitudes to their learning.”
- “The school is welcoming and highly inclusive.”
- “Most pupils behave respectfully towards one another and staff.”
To improve
- “This means that pupils learn better in some subjects than in others.”
- “Pupils learn a broad range of subjects, but they learn better in some subjects than in others.”
- “However, in some subjects, the school has not identified the subject-specific skills it wants pupils to develop.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 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) | 46% | 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: 5 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 5 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 Dorset.
- Wool Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bovington Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lulworth and Winfrith CofE Primary School 3.8 mi Not judged
- Wareham St Mary Church of England Primary School 4.7 mi Good
- Frome Valley CofE First School 4.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bere Regis Primary and Preschool 4.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stoborough Church of England Primary School 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 6.0 mi Good