St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stockport
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.567 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Stockport for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 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 | 0.567 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.567 miles away, the 7th shortest of 78 Stockport primary schools with a published distance (this one included).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 1 of the 2 years with a published outcome (2024 and 2026).
- Reception 2026 had 9 first-choice applications for 9 offers (1.0 first choices per offer, the 14th highest of 77 Stockport primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Stockport schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Etchells Street, St Petersgate, Stockport, SK1 1EF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 101 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “Joseph's is a safe haven for pupils.”
- “The school provides a warm and nurturing environment where all pupils are readily accepted, especially those who join at different times in the school year.”
- “Pupils enter school happily each morning greeted by adults who genuinely care about them.”
To improve
- “However, some older pupils have gaps in their learning due to weaknesses in the previous curriculum.”
- “At times, this hinders how well they achieve.”
- “For example, pupils often struggle to form letters correctly and spell words accurately, which prevents them from recording their learning fluently.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 July 2026 (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) | 53% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 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 Stockport.
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport 0.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Vernon Park Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Stockport 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Banks Lane Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Banks Lane Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good