# St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

St 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.

Primary school. Code E139350. [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 297
- Council: Leeds
- URN: 139350

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (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
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, 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

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

- [Pudsey Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pudsey-grammar-school-e108079): 330 m. Secondary. School remains Good, April 2024. Attainment 8 of 45.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Lowtown Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lowtown-primary-school-e107862): 410 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Swinnow Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/swinnow-primary-school-e107979): 520 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), April 2024. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pudsey-primrose-hill-primary-school-e145526): 630 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), October 2023. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Crawshaw Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crawshaw-academy-e138304): 840 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 45.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Helm Academy Pudsey](https://openindex.co.uk/school/helm-academy-pudsey-e152706): 990 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file

## 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/139350)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/139350)

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