St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary schoolSt Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Thurrock, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 196 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), June 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 5 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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, 61% of pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 69% in Thurrock and 62% in England.
6% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Thurrock | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 69% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 6% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 106 | 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- Stanford-Le-Hope Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)490 m
- Mossbourne Port Side AcademySecondary. Requires improvement (overall), October 2023, before the school changed. Attainment 8 of 42.0 (2025/26, provisional)520 m
- St Clere's SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 42.9 (2025/26, provisional)930 m
- Abbots Hall Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Arthur Bugler Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Graham James Primary AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Thurrock
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).