# St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy, Brighouse

St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy, Brighouse is a primary school in Calderdale, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 196 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E148480. [Calderdale](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 196
- Council: Calderdale
- URN: 148480

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, February 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 21 February 2024
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, 65% of pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy, Brighouse met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Calderdale and 62% in England.
4% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

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

| Measure | This school | Calderdale | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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.

- [Brighouse High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brighouse-high-school-e136604): 200 m. Secondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 43.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Trinity Academy St Chad's](https://openindex.co.uk/school/trinity-academy-st-chads-e146959): 300 m. Primary. Good (overall), July 2023. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Cliffe Hill Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cliffe-hill-community-primary-school-e107525): 770 m. Primary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Andrew's Church of England (VA) Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-andrews-church-of-england-va-infant-school-e107548): 850 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2023
- [Lightcliffe Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lightcliffe-academy-e137036): 950 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 37.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Lightcliffe C of E Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lightcliffe-c-of-e-primary-school-e144865): 1.2 km. Primary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/148480)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148480)

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