St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Barking, Barking and Dagenham
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Barking and Dagenham · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2025 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Barking, Barking and Dagenham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 21 March 2024. Barking and Dagenham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2025 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 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | Not published |
| Reception 2018 | Not published |
| Reception 2017 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2025, as was the case at 15 of the 38 other Barking and Dagenham primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 37 first-choice applications for 37 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 28% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 17.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Barking and Dagenham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Barking and Dagenham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- The Broadway, Barking, IG11 7AR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Barking and Dagenham
- Pupils on roll
- 242 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 21 March 2024
Strengths
- “This school community has a distinct sense of family and belonging where everyone is kind and respectful to each other.”
- “Pupils make strong friendships.”
- “They spoke about the happy memories they make at school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 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) | 83% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 37 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 Barking and Dagenham.
- St Margarets CofE Primary School 0.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Gascoigne Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greatfields Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Northbury Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ripple Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Eastbury Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Manor Junior School 1.2 mi Not judged
- Manor Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published