St Joseph's Catholic Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Buckinghamshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Joseph's Catholic Infant School is a primary school in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 8 May 2025. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Infant 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 2.687 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | 2.333 mi |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 100 of the 157 other Buckinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- That has not held every year: places ran out, with a last distance published, in 2 of the 8 earlier years with a published Reception outcome.
- Reception 2026 saw 35 first-choice applications for 35 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place; 1.0 first choices per offer, the 40th highest of 153 Buckinghamshire primary schools.
- Free school meal eligibility is 13.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 16.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Buckinghamshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Buckinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hazell Avenue, Aylesbury, HP21 7JF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 8 May 2025
Strengths
- “St Joseph’s Catholic Infant School is a warm and inclusive community.”
- “This is centred around the belief that everyone is special.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school each day and attend regularly.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the school does not check if pupils have understood what has been taught well enough.”
- “This means that sometimes staff do not identify and address pupils’ knowledge gaps and misconceptions.”
- “Consequently, some pupils in these subjects do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 35 first-preference applications, 35 offers in total, 35 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 Buckinghamshire.
- St Edward's Catholic Junior School 0.1 mi Standards maintained
- Turnfurlong Infant School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Turnfurlong Junior School 0.2 mi Outstanding
- Broughton Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Broughton Community Schools (Infants) 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bedgrove Junior School 0.6 mi Good
- Bedgrove Infant School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- William Harding School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
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