St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Todmorden, Calderdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Calderdale Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Todmorden, Calderdale for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 April 2024. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Roman 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 |
| 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 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 63 of the 77 other Calderdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There are 13.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 27.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale.
- 69.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Calderdale schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Wellington Road, Todmorden, OL14 5HP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 94 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 69.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 April 2024
Strengths
- “St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy has a palpable family atmosphere.”
- “This is a nurturing environment.”
- “The Catholic ethos runs through the life of the school.”
To improve
- “In some areas, recent changes need more time to become embedded to provide the full impact of the curriculum that the school intends.”
- “The recent changes to the curriculum mean that, in some subjects, the systems to check that pupils have learned and remembered the knowledge they need are still being developed.”
- “In some subjects, teachers are not aware of the knowledge that pupils are missing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 June 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) | 56% | 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: 7 first-preference applications, 7 offers in total, 7 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 Calderdale.
- Todmorden CofE J, I & N School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ferney Lee Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Castle Hill Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Shade Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Walsden St Peter's CE (VC) Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Colden Junior and Infant School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Hebden Royd CofE Primary School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published