St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Retford, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.967 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Retford, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 February 2024. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 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	0.967 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 0.967 miles away, the 57th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
Reception last distances here have swung sharply between years; the 2026 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2020.
Reception 2026 had 23 first-choice applications for 23 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 13% 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: Babworth Road, Retford, DN22 7BP
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: 18.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.7

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 23 February 2024

Strengths

“This is a very welcoming school, where pupils enjoy their learning.”
“Pupils are keen to share their enthusiasm for learning and their high opinion of their teachers.”
“As one pupil commented, ‘I like mathematics.”

To improve

“The school has not yet developed a precise plan for teaching fundamental British values.”
“As a result, some pupils do not have a clear understanding of these values.”
“Others continue to have concerns about workload and well-being.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 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)	70%	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: 23 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 23 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.

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Carr Hill Primary and Nursery School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Thrumpton Primary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bracken Lane Primary Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Sutton-Cum-Lound CofE School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
Clarborough Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published