St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole
About the school
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole is an open primary school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 18 October 2022
- Published
- 11 December 2022
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Requires improvement
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 64%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 63%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 7%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 11%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 76%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 77%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 72%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 75%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 71%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 75%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 59%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 74%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 26%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 31%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 78%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 84%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 104
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 106
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
390
Girls
44.10%
Boys
55.90%
SEN support
14.10%
Education, health and care plan
3.85%
English as an additional language
37.40%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
19.74%
Overall absence
6.42
Persistent absence
15.98