St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Newark, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.576 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Newark, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery 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 | 4.576 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 4.576 miles away, 54th longest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.20 miles).
- That 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2025 and 2020; distances have swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2020 to 2021.
- Reception 2026 drew 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer (37th highest of 248 Nottinghamshire primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Nottinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Main Road, Boughton, Newark, NG22 9JE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 224 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school at St Joseph’s.”
- “They said there is not much that they would change.”
- “They feel safe because they know the adults in school will listen to them.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, knowledge organisers do not help pupils link their learning to prior topics.”
- “This can slow some pupils’ learning of new knowledge.”
- “Occasionally, teachers do not pay enough attention to what pupils already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 October 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) | 50% | 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: 30 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 Nottinghamshire.
- The Parkgate Academy 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Forest View Academy 0.9 mi Good
- Maun Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Walesby CofE Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thoresby Vale Primary Academy 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Kneesall CofE Primary Academy 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Edwinstowe 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- King Edwin Primary and Nursery School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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