St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School

Oxford Street, Burnham-on-Sea, TA8 1LG

Local ranking75th of 209 primary schools in Somerset

Ofsted: Good

Primary

Phase

238

Capacity

3-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School (URN 123847) since 1 March 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 4 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour & attitudes: Good
Personal development: Good
Leadership & management: Good
Early years: Good

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25

Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected): 66.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher): 17.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected): 74.0%
Writing (Expected): 86.0%
Maths (Expected): 80.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected): 63.0%
Reading avg scaled score: 105.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score: 105.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score: 105.0
Cohort Size: 35

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 267
Boys: 134 (51%)
Girls: 131 (49%)
Capacity: 238 (111% full)
SEND: 13.9%
FSM Eligible: 20.8%
EAL: 10.5%
SEN with EHC Plan: 1.5%
SEN Support: 12.4%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 24.9:1
Teachers (FTE): 10.4
Budget per Pupil: £5,954/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 4.4% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 10.1% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Religious Character: Roman Catholic
Nursery: Has Nursery Classes
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Boarders: No boarders
Admissions: Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25

White British: 80.1%
White Other: 9.3%
Asian Other: 3.7%
Mixed White & Black African: 1.6%
White Irish: 1.2%
Mixed Other: 1.2%
Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
Black African: 0.8%

80.1%

White British

9.3%

White Other

3.7%

Asian Other

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01278784641

office@sjbos.thedcet.com

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Oxford Street

Burnham-on-Sea, South West

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Administrative

URN: 148951
UKPRN: 10090056
Establishment No.: 3402
Trust: THE DUNSTAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST

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