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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Langwith Road, Langwith Junction, MANSFIELD NG20 9RP · stjosephscatholicprimaryvoluntaryacademy.co.uk · 01623 742609
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 76%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Derbyshire 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 248
- 38 over 210 places · 118%
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 19.8%
- First language not English
- 31%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 39 families put the school first and 31 places were offered; 79% 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 | 31 | 39 | 1.3▲ | 79% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 41 | 1.4▲ | 73% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 25 | 22 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% the higher standard. Across Derbyshire it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲76% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 29 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 28 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112908), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112908)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (46 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 46
- 19% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 15% who had a child bullied