# St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

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

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

Primary school. Code E142158. [Bassetlaw](https://openindex.co.uk/bassetlaw)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 224
- Council: Bassetlaw
- URN: 142158

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, February 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 23 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, 70% of pupils at St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Nottinghamshire and 62% in England.
13% 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 | 70% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 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.

- [Retford Oaks Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/retford-oaks-academy-e137117): 190 m. Secondary. School remains Good, May 2022. Attainment 8 of 40.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Giles School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-giles-school-e122955): 210 m. Special. Improved significantly, June 2025
- [Hallcroft Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hallcroft-infant-and-nursery-school-e122556): 1 km. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
- [The Elizabethan Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-elizabethan-academy-e138076): 1 km. Secondary. Good (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 42.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-swithuns-church-of-england-primary-academy-e145447): 1.1 km. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement. 17% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ordsall Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ordsall-primary-school-e134028): 1.3 km. Primary. Good (overall), May 2022. 58% 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/142158)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142158)

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