St Joseph's RC Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Stourbridge, Dudley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.98 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's RC Primary School is a primary school in Stourbridge, Dudley for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 February 2023. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's RC 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 | 1.98 mi |
| 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
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 1.98 miles away, 8th longest of 39 Dudley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 0.98 miles).
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a place in 2 of the 3 Reception years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dudley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Leavale Road, Norton, Stourbridge, DY8 2DT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 201 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending St Joseph’s RC Primary School.”
- “They are friendly and welcoming to all.”
- “This is a school where there is plenty on offer and everyone is included.”
To improve
- “But, in a few subjects where the curriculum is less well developed, leaders have not identified some of the small, precise steps for pupils to practise so that they can learn more over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 2023 (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) | 73% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Dudley.
- Oldswinford C of E Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenfield Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gig Mill Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pedmore CE Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ham Dingle Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Rufford Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Ridge Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hob Green Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published