St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Halifax, 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 Catholic Primary Academy is a primary school in Halifax, Calderdale for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary 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, 95% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 2 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 saw 15 first-choice applications for 18 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 76 Calderdale primary schools.
- There are 38.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.1 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
- Portland Road, Halifax, HX3 6LA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 137 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 38.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this warm and welcoming school.”
- “There is a strong family feel, with pupils genuinely caring for each other.”
- “Pupils are respectful as they move around school.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the school’s agreed teaching approaches are not consistently implemented.”
- “This means that some pupils don’t learn as well as they could.”
- “However, the recording of some pupils’ written work contains inconsistent letter formation and lacks pride.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 October 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) | 95% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 15 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.
- Beech Hill School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Trinity Academy Akroydon 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's CofE School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Salterlee Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lee Mount Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mount Pellon Primary Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Primary School, A Church of England Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published