St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 1 May 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 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 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 11 first-choice applications for 17 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer and the 2nd lowest of 269 Birmingham primary schools; every applicant was offered a place.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 19.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rocky Lane, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 5HA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 182 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 78% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 1 May 2024
Strengths
- “St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School is welcoming and inclusive.”
- “Pupils, staff, parents and carers agree that the school is a warm, friendly and caring place to learn.”
- “They excitedly engage with lessons and enrichment activities.”
To improve
- “The school recognises that for some staff, this new approach needs further embedding.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not always gain the depth of understanding they need to make links with previous learning.”
- “However, some staff do not always ensure that all pupils receive the carefully tailored support they need.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 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) | 57% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 11 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 Birmingham.
- Cromwell Junior and Infant School 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Clement's Church of England Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Manor Park Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Aston Tower Community Primary School 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- E-ACT Nechells Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Saviour's C of E Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published