Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Rotherham

In its own words: "Our Lady and St Joseph's is a voluntary aided Catholic Primary School offering education to children from 3-11 years of age. The school is situated near St Pius and Wath Academy. It is set in large secluded grounds with many open spaces suitable for our forest school approach and sporting activities."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £2.50 per session.

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils at Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 72% in Rotherham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (68% in reading, 81% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 48 named it as one of their preferences, for 27 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School are Wath Central Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 73% reading, 65% maths); Wath Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 83% reading, 83% maths); Wath Victoria Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 57% reading, 57% maths); and Highfield Farm Primary School (0.8 miles, 67% reading, 58% maths).

Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

7.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 16 pupils (7.1%) received SEN support and 6 (2.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Bolton-Upon-Dearne Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Montgomery Road/Wath Bus Station 1 (ws1), 240 metres away.

In 2024/25, Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School issued 11 suspensions, 4.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School are Wath Academy (0.3 miles), Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities (0.7 miles) and Swinton Academy (1.6 miles).