St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Luton, LU3 2NS
- Distance
- 0.0km away
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Gardenia Avenue, Luton, LU3 2NS
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
750
Capacity
5-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 28 February 2026 and continues as St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 151960) (opened 1 March 2026). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 62.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 9.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 118
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 708
- Boys
- 331 (51%)
- Girls
- 315 (49%)
- Capacity
- 750 (86% full)
- SEND
- 14.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.4%
- EAL
- 40.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 11.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 34.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,184/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Black African: 23.6%
- White British: 23.2%
- White Other: 18.3%
- Asian Indian: 9.9%
- Black Caribbean: 5.5%
- White Irish: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.3%
23.6%
Black African
23.2%
White British
18.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Gardenia Avenue
Luton, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 109635
- UKPRN
- 10074397
- Establishment No.
- 3356
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