St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Harrow
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Harrow · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2025–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Harrow for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Harrow has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 86% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 22% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, 63 first-choice applications were made for 59 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, the school had 1.1 first choices per offer, the 11th highest of 39 Harrow primary schools.
- 13% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Harrow.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Harrow schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Dobbin Close, Belmont Circle, Harrow, HA3 7LP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Harrow
- Pupils on roll
- 447 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “This is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils come to school enthusiastically and learn well.”
- “Parents and carers speak highly of the school and believe it provides a nurturing environment.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, although they are interesting, teaching activities are not strongly linked to the key knowledge and skills that leaders intend pupils to learn.”
- “In the early years, the key knowledge and skills that children need for an effective foundation are not as clearly set out or embedded as they are further up the school.”
- “However, the early years curriculum is not strongly sequenced in all areas of learning to ensure that children’s understanding builds over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 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) | 86% | 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: 63 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 58 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 Harrow.
- Belmont School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Priestmead Primary School and Nursery 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Weald Rise Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stanburn Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Elmgrove Primary School & Nursery 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitchurch Primary School & Nursery 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Marlborough Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Kenmore Park Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published