St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School: admissions history

How many families applied, how many places there were, and how far the last place went - every year we hold.

For September 2026 entry, 72 families put St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 161 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 15 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

First-choice demand has fallen from 91 in 2021 to 72 in 2026, while places went from 60 to 59.

Brent published that the last place offered for 2026 entry went to a family 4287 metres away. The cut-off moves every year with the number of applications.

Across Brent, 88% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Brent lodged 40 appeals against primary school offers; 37 reached a hearing and none succeeded.

Applications and offers by year

Entry year	Places offered	First choices	Named at all	First choices per place	First choices not offered
2026	59	72	161	1.2	15
2025	60	54	154	0.9	1
2024	60	57	130	0.9	3
2023	60	74	152	1.2	16
2022	60	79	174	1.3	21
2021	60	91	190	1.5	32
2020	59	74	176	1.3	17
2019	60	83	200	1.4	23
2018	60	92	212	1.5	33
2017	60	91	227	1.5	32
2016	60	91	203	1.5	34
2015	87	71	196	0.8	1
2014	88	96	206	1.1	14

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.

Last distance offered

Entry year	Last place offered	Published by
2026	4287 metres	Brent

Figures as each council published them, in the unit it used. The cut-off is not a boundary: it moves every year with the number of applications.

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