St Joseph Catholic Primary School is a primary school located in Watford. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 01/03/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are well above average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.4%, which is 0.6 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Ainsdale Road, Watford, WD19 7DW
Website: www.stjosephs775.herts.sch.uk/
Telephone: 02084285371
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Hertfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Linda Payne
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 117465

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 01/03/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 240
Number of Pupils: 227
Number of Boys: 106
Number of Girls: 121

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 4.8% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Above Average: 4.9 Confidence interval 2.7 to 7.1
Writing
Well Above Average: 3.4 Confidence interval 1.4 to 5.5
Maths
Well Above Average: 5.1 Confidence interval 3.1 to 7

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:73%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:13%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:106
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:106
England Average:105

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Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Oxhey Early Years Centre
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Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
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Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
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School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.