St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sudbury
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Sudbury, part of Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi Academy Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Suffolk (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in detail
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, as St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 124763), 77% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Across Suffolk, 95% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Suffolk lodged 69 appeals against primary school offers; 34 reached a hearing and 14 succeeded (41.2% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Joseph's Catholic Primary School are St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 77% reading, 77% maths); Tudor Church of England Primary School, Sudbury (0.3 miles, Good, 67% reading, 72% maths); St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 79% reading, 70% maths); and Woodhall Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 81% reading, 79% maths).
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolTudor Church of England Primary School, SudburySt Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWoodhall Primary School
The trust
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is one of 11 schools run by Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
All 11 schools in Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Entrance, about 850 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is York Road (opposite), 110 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 143 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Suffolk (32), as is usual near a town centre.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Joseph's Catholic Primary School are Ormiston Sudbury Academy (0.5 miles) and Thomas Gainsborough School (1.7 miles).
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in September 2026. Before that, as St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 124763), it was rated Good in June 2017. See St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published for St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 124763), the school St Joseph's Catholic Primary School replaced. There are no figures for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 88% to 77% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 88% to 77% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 88% to 73% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Term dates
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Suffolk's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to St Joseph's Catholic Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is in Suffolk; for families living there:
Apply to Suffolk for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 23
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 23 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 16 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Suffolk is 4 (the median across 365 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School before it became an academy in 2026
Published for St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 124763), the school St Joseph's Catholic Primary School replaced. There are no figures for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 19 | 29 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 37 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 26 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 23 | 20 | 36 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 44 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 30 | 30 | 46 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 19 | 19 | 26 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 23 | 23 | 33 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 22 | 21 | 37 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 20 | 23 | 44 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 20 | 16 | 38 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2014 | 18 | 16 | 33 | 0.9 | 0 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Sudbury
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Sudbury
Across Suffolk council
Places available
8,806
Applications
6,492
Got 1st preference
94.9%
Got preferred school
99.1%
All primary applications across Suffolk council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published for St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 124763), the school St Joseph's Catholic Primary School replaced. There are no figures for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School yet, so these are shown separately.
5.5%
Overall absence
14.2%
Persistent absence
141
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Questions parents ask about St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Are there exam results for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School?
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, as St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 124763), 77% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in September 2026. Before that, as St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 124763), it was rated Good in June 2017.
What is the catchment area for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed, Suffolk allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to St Joseph's Catholic Primary School?
Apply through Suffolk's coordinated admissions process, naming St Joseph's Catholic Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near St Joseph's Catholic Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 23 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 16 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Suffolk is 4 (the median across 365 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School?
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is at Beaconsfield Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1JP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)