# St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School

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

It had 265 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E148951. [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 265
- Council: Somerset
- URN: 148951

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 4 March 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
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, 66% of pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in Somerset and 62% in England.
17% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

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

| Measure | This school | Somerset | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 17% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 103 | 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.

- [St Andrew's Church Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-andrews-church-junior-school-e150953): 340 m. Primary. Good (overall), May 2022, before the school changed
- [Burnham-On-Sea Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/burnham-on-sea-infant-school-e150952): 950 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), January 2023, before the school changed
- [The King Alfred School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-king-alfred-school-e146439): 1 km. Secondary. Good (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 40.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Churchfield Church School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/churchfield-church-school-e139278): 1.6 km. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 29% 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/148951)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148951)

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