St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Haywards Heath, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.83 miles
Published by West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Haywards Heath, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 May 2023. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 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 | 0.83 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 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 0.83 miles away, the 29th shortest of 87 West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between years, most of all from 2025 to 2026, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Free school meal eligibility is 4.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 11.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Sussex.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hazelgrove Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 3PQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 434 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 May 2023
Strengths
- “Adults care for pupils and know them well at this nurturing, inclusive school.”
- “Pupils benefit from very positive relationships with each other and with the committed staff team.”
- “Pupils make an exceptional start in Reception.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects across the wider curriculum, however, leaders continue to work to identify the precise knowledge that pupils need to learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 July 2023 (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) | 67% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 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 West Sussex.
- Warden Park Primary Academy 0.2 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Northlands Wood Primary Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bolnore Village Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blackthorns Community Primary School 0.9 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Harlands Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lindfield Primary Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Cuckfield 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published