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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Voluntary aided
Yeathouse Road, Frizington CA26 3PX · stjosephs-catholicprimaryfrizington.co.uk · 01946 810702
On the mapSearch near CA26 3PX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2023/24
- 25%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cumberland 54%, England 61%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 55
- 65% of 84 places
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 36.4%
- First language not English
- 7.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 4 families put the school first and 4 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2023/24, 25% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% the higher standard. Across Cumberland it was 54%, and across England 61%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| hidden | 62% | ||
| hidden | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| hidden | 106 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 January 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Sept 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (14 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 14
- 31% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied