St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School
Primary schoolSt Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Brentwood, for pupils aged 5 to 11. It had 205 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 1 October 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 77% of pupils at St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Willowbrook Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)370 m
- Hutton All Saints' Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)470 m
- Long Ridings Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2024. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)520 m
- Shenfield High SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, April 2024. Attainment 8 of 42.4 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- St Martin's School BrentwoodSecondary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 49.9 (2025/26, provisional)1.2 km
- Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), March 2023. 93% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.7 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Brentwood
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).