St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Primary schoolSt Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Leeds, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 297 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), June 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 12 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- 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, 73% of pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in Leeds and 62% in England.
9% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 9% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 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
In a straight line- Pudsey Grammar SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, April 2024. Attainment 8 of 45.4 (2025/26, provisional)330 m
- Lowtown Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)410 m
- Swinnow Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), April 2024. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)520 m
- Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), October 2023. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- Crawshaw AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 45.6 (2025/26, provisional)840 m
- Helm Academy PudseySpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file990 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Leeds
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).