St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Joseph's is a happy, welcoming school where behaviour is outstanding and all pupils are highly engaged in their learning. Reading is a particular strength, with pupils becoming fluent readers who genuinely enjoy books. The school actively supports all learners, including those with English as an additional language and special educational needs, ensuring everyone makes good progress.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding behaviour and safety - pupils are extremely polite, respectful, and very aware of how to keep safe
- Reading is taught well so pupils quickly become fluent readers and develop a love of books
- All groups of pupils achieve well with attainment rising across the school
- Pupils enjoy carefully planned and interesting learning activities
- Strong teamwork among staff united in ensuring pupils reach their potential
Areas for Improvement
- Teaching is not yet typically outstanding throughout the school - some lessons lack sufficient challenge
- Tasks and activities do not always stretch the most able pupils to achieve their best
- Teachers' marking does not consistently clarify what pupils must do to improve, and pupils are not given time to respond to feedback
- Middle leaders need to be more effective in checking the quality of teaching in their subject areas
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - pupils are very aware of how to keep safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Sports and competitions, art activities, music activities
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School is a good school where all groups of pupils achieve well with rising attainment in reading, writing and mathematics. Teaching is typically good, behaviour and safety are outstanding, and the dedicated headteacher has successfully improved the quality of teaching and pupils' achievement.
At a Glance
28.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 86% to 93%. Maths has declined from 92% to 79%. Writing has declined from 72% to 46%.
Class Sizes
24.3
Avg class size
24.3
KS2
4
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
59%
Available places
107 pupils
180 capacity
73 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for London
Admissions Demand - Waltham Forest
Places available
3,688
Applications
3,129
Got 1st preference
90.2%
Got preferred school
98.7%
Primary admissions across Waltham Forest (2025/26)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.4662%
Overall absence
6.29921%
Persistent absence
127
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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