St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary 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 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 11% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- With 87 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 13.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 25.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 11.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Station Road, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Tadcaster, LS24 9JG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 87 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils talk positively about their school and are keen to do well.”
- “Children in early years quickly and happily settle into routines.”
- “Pupils are motivated by the rewards the new behaviour approach offers.”
To improve
- “However, there are times when this is not as precise as it could be.”
- “Sometimes staff present tasks or move learning on without checking how secure prior knowledge this.”
- “This means that some pupils cannot move on with a task as they have not had their prior learning checked.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 2025 (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) | 11% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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 North Yorkshire.
- Riverside School, Tadcaster 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tadcaster Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Saxton Church of England Primary School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Appleton Roebuck Primary School 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kirk Fenton Church of England Primary School 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barkston Ash Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Long Marston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Tockwith Church of England Primary Academy 5.4 mi Good Last distance published