St Mary & St Joseph Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy: 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, 16 families put St Mary & St Joseph Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy as their first choice and 38 named it as one of their preferences, for 14 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
First-choice demand has risen from 11 in 2021 to 16 in 2026, while places went from 12 to 14.
Across East Riding of Yorkshire, 95% 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 East Riding of Yorkshire lodged 53 appeals against primary school offers; 35 reached a hearing and 2 succeeded (5.7% of those heard).
Applications and offers by year
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 16 | 38 | 1.1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 30 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 14 | 18 | 40 | 1.3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 14 | 22 | 41 | 1.6 | 10 |
| 2022 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2021 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13 | 13 | 25 | 1.0 | 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.