# St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy

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

It had 156 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E142827. [Derbyshire Dales](https://openindex.co.uk/derbyshire-dales)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 156
- Council: Derbyshire Dales
- URN: 142827

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), September 2019
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 17 September 2019
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 4 March 2025
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, 37% of pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Derbyshire and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Derbyshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 37% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 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

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

- [Castle View Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/castle-view-primary-school-e143968): 230 m. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Highfields School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highfields-school-e148299): 730 m. Secondary. Standards maintained, January 2025. Attainment 8 of 49.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- [All Saints CofE Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-cofe-infant-school-e144068): 1 km. Primary. Standards maintained, June 2025
- [All Saints CofE Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-cofe-junior-school-e144067): 1.5 km. Primary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Giles Church of England Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-giles-church-of-england-primary-and-nursery-school-e141674): 1.5 km. Primary. School remains Good, July 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Tansley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tansley-primary-school-e112592): 1.9 km. Primary. School remains Good, May 2022. 23% 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/142827)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142827)

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