St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Officially St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Marlborough Road, Sale, M33 3AF

Local ranking47th of 59 primary schools in Trafford

Ofsted: Outstanding

Primary

Phase

420

Capacity

3-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 106348) since 1 July 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 7 May 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: Outstanding
Behaviour & attitudes: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership & management: Outstanding
Early years: Outstanding

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25

Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected): 85.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher): 25.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected): 90.0%
Writing (Expected): 90.0%
Maths (Expected): 92.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected): 90.0%
Reading avg scaled score: 110.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score: 111.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score: 110.0
Cohort Size: 60

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 432
Boys: 221 (51%)
Girls: 211 (49%)
Capacity: 420 (103% full)
SEND: 10.0%
FSM Eligible: 4.8%
EAL: 34.0%
SEN with EHC Plan: 1.4%
SEN Support: 8.6%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 23.0:1
Teachers (FTE): 18.6
Budget per Pupil: £5,692/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 3.3% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 4.6% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Religious Character: 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: 58.8%
Asian Chinese: 7.2%
Asian Other: 6.7%
Mixed Other: 5.6%
White Other: 5.3%
Mixed White & Asian: 4.2%
Asian Indian: 3.0%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.3%

58.8%

White British

7.2%

Asian Chinese

6.7%

Asian Other

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01619734938

office@stjosephstrafford.co.uk

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Marlborough Road

Sale, North West

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Administrative

URN: 149875
UKPRN: 10092574
Establishment No.: 3312
Trust: CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

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