St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Derby
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Derby City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Derby for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 October 2022. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 51 first-choice applications for 52 offers; 50 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- Of the 94 applications for 2026 Reception entry, 12 (13%) came from families living outside Derby, and 6 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 27.6 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Derby is 21.9.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Derby schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St Joseph's , Mill Hill Lane, Derby, DE23 6SB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 375 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Joseph’s are proud ambassadors of their school’s values.”
- “They work hard and are kind to each other.”
- “The school is a happy, safe place where staff and pupils treat each other with respect.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, some books that help pupils to read are not closely matched to pupils’ reading knowledge.”
- “Leaders recognise that there is work to do to ensure that staff deliver the programme consistently well.”
- “While leaders promote the British values, pupils’ knowledge of this is fragile.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 November 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) | 59% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 50 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 Derby.
- Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Becket Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Aided Infant School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Firs Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Arboretum Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hardwick Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rosehill Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Dale Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published