St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary schoolSt Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Dudley, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 245 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 7 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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, 93% of pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in Dudley and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Dudley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 93% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 104 | 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- Beechwood Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)100 m
- Kates Hill Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)500 m
- Dudley College of TechnologySixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file860 m
- Tividale Hall Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)980 m
- Burnt Tree Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- St James AcademySecondary. Good (overall), June 2024. Attainment 8 of 41.6 (2025/26, provisional)1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Dudley
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).