# St Joseph's School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

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

It had 246 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E140340. [Doncaster](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 246
- Council: Doncaster
- URN: 140340

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, February 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 26 February 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, 69% of pupils at St Joseph's School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Doncaster and 62% in England.
17% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

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

| Measure | This school | Doncaster | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 17% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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.

- [Tornedale Infant Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tornedale-infant-academy-e151172): 120 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023, before the school changed
- [Rossington St Michael's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rossington-st-michaels-cofe-primary-school-e144345): 690 m. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Pheasant Bank Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pheasant-bank-academy-e137455): 960 m. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, February 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Rossington All Saints Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rossington-all-saints-academy-e136675): 1 km. Secondary. Good (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 49.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Grange Lane Infant Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/grange-lane-infant-academy-e137482): 1 km. Primary. Outstanding (overall), March 2023

## 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/140340)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/140340)

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