# St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Newark and Sherwood, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 224 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E142093. [Newark and Sherwood](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 224
- Council: Newark and Sherwood
- URN: 142093

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, September 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 13 September 2023
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, 50% of pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Nottinghamshire and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

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

| Measure | This school | Nottinghamshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 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

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

- [The Dukeries Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-dukeries-academy-e139062): 490 m. Secondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 32.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- [The Parkgate Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-parkgate-academy-e143140): 510 m. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Forest View Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-forest-view-academy-e143886): 1.4 km. Primary. Good (overall), January 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Maun Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/maun-infant-and-nursery-school-e151216): 1.4 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2022, before the school changed

## 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/142093)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142093)

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