St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S
Great Hadham Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2NL
Headteacher: Miss Ann Cassidy-JonesSchool website ↗Pupils: 429 (capacity: 420)Part of ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted Good
Inspected December 2022
66%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected December 2022
100%
First-choice offer rate
Latest data: 2024/25
Ofsted RatingInspected 7 December 2022Full report ↗
Good
From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.
Quality of Teaching
Good
Behaviour in School
Good
Pupils' Wider Development
Outstanding
School Leadership
Good
SATs Results (2024/25)
End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.
Reading, Writing & Maths combinedⓘReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
66.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)ⓘHigher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
15.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 92%·Writing 71%·Maths 92%→All three 66%
Reading
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average
How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)
This school is not oversubscribed.
Supply meets demand.
- How many places were offered?
- 60
- How many families wanted this school first?
- 54
- How many got their first choice?
- 54of 54 (100.0%)
- How many applied in total?
- 108
Pupils & Inclusion
Eligible for pupil premium
8.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageⓘEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
19.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportⓘSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
18.0%
Boys and girls
49%girls·51%boys
212 girls, 217 boys
Location
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Results Over Time
↓ Peaked at 98% (2016/17), currently 66%
* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.
Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.
View raw year-by-year data
| Year | Reading, Writing & Maths (expected %) | Exceeding expected (%) | Reading Progress | Writing Progress | Maths Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 86.0% | 11.0% | +3.4 | -1.8 | +2.4 |
| 2016/17 | 98.0% | 24.0% | +4.4 | +4.1 | +3.2 |
| 2017/18 | 87.0% | 36.0% | +3.1 | +2.8 | +2.5 |
| 2018/19 | 84.0% | 22.0% | +4.8 | +1.9 | +1.3 |
| 2022/23 | 82.0% | 24.0% | +2.2 | +2.2 | +5.1 |
| 2023/24 | 72.0% | 18.0% | - | - | - |
| 2024/25 | 66.0% | 15.0% | - | - | - |