# St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill

St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 230 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E140148. [Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 230
- Council: Stoke-on-Trent
- URN: 140148

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, May 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 14 May 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 59% of pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Stoke-on-Trent and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Stoke-on-Trent | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 104 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Goldenhill Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/goldenhill-primary-academy-e142992): 760 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Star Academy, Sandyford](https://openindex.co.uk/school/star-academy-sandyford-e139226): 810 m. Primary. Good (overall), September 2022. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Watermill School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/watermill-school-e146503): 1.1 km. Special. School remains Good, November 2023
- [Ormiston Horizon Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ormiston-horizon-academy-e136680): 1.2 km. Secondary. Good (overall), November 2023. Attainment 8 of 34.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Summerbank Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/summerbank-primary-academy-e142988): 1.4 km. Primary. Good (overall), November 2023. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-margaret-ward-catholic-academy-e140149): 1.4 km. Secondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 42.3 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140148)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/140148)

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