St Josephs Catholic Primary School, London

From the headteacher's welcome: "St Joseph's provides a caring, stable, intellectually and creatively stimulating environment for children. Our staff are committed to ensuring that your child's time at school is inspiring and productive, so that they can move confidently to the next stage of their education. St Joseph's serves the local community by welcoming children from all faiths and children with no faith background."

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am.

On phones, the school says: "The mobile phone must be handed to the school office on arrival at school."

In 2025, 91% of Year 6 pupils at St Josephs Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 86% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 85% and 84% in Camden and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 83% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 16 families put St Josephs Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 40 named it as one of their preferences, for 18 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Josephs Catholic Primary School are St Clement Danes CofE Primary School (0.2 miles, Outstanding, 100% reading, 100% maths); St George the Martyr Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 89% reading, 93% maths); St Alban's Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 80% reading, 80% maths); and Christopher Hatton Primary School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 90% reading, 86% maths).

St Josephs Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

16 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Josephs Catholic Primary School (as of September 2025): 88% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

54.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 43.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (35%), Mixed (22%) and Black (15%).

In 2026, 28 pupils (21.1%) received SEN support and 3 (2.3%) 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 Underground station is Holborn Underground Station, about 180 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).

19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Drury Lane, 140 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 4409 crimes within a mile of the school, most often other theft, theft from the person and violence and sexual offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Camden (1254), as is usual near a town centre.

St Josephs Catholic Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to St Josephs Catholic Primary School are London Nautical, City of London Academy (0.9 miles); and Academy21 (0.9 miles).