St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2022–2026 (miles)

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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S is a primary school in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 December 2022. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S 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	Not published
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	Not published
Reception 2020	Not published
Reception 2019	Not published
Reception 2018	Not published
Reception 2017	Not published
Reception 2016	Not published
Reception 2015	Not published

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2026 there were 46 first-choice applications for 51 Reception offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 56 of the 364 other Hertfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
There are 27.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Great Hadham Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2NL
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 436 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 11% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 27.2

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 7 December 2022

Strengths

“Pupils at St Joseph’s are happy and safe.”
“They show pride in their school.”
“They act out the Christian values of respect and tolerance, which supports everyone to feel included.”

To improve

“In a few subjects, leaders have not provided as much detail.”
“This can lead to some teachers missing out key knowledge that pupils need.”
“Consequently, some pupils have gaps in their understanding of these subjects.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 February 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)	66%	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: 46 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 46 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 Hertfordshire.

St Michael's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Windhill21 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Hillmead Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Northgate Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
Manor Fields Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
Richard Whittington Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Thorley Hill Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Avanti Brook Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published