St Joseph's Catholic College is a secondary school located in Swindon. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 13/11/2014. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.6%, which is 0.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Ocotal Way, Swindon, SN3 3LR
Website: http://www.stjosephscollege.net
Telephone: 01793714200
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Swindon
Headteacher / Principal: Jerry Giles
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136980

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 13/11/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1340
Number of Pupils: 1338
Number of Boys: 677
Number of Girls: 661

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.06 Confidence interval -0.23 to 0.12
Of the 234 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 207 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:29%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:35%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.99
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Queens Drive , SN3 1AR
2out of 4 350 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Mountford Manor Primary School
Bothwell Road , Walcot SN3 3EZ
3out of 4 465 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Drove Primary School
Drove Road , SN1 3AH
4out of 4 748 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery
Southview Avenue , Old Walcot SN3 1EA
2out of 4 827 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Gorse Hill Primary School
Avening Street , Gorse Hill SN2 8BZ
2out of 4 1,275 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Joseph's Catholic College
Ocotal Way , SN3 3LR
3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Lawn Manor Academy
Salcombe Grove , SN3 1ER
2out of 4 1,170 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
UTC Swindon
Bristol Street , SN1 5ET
1out of 4 2,313 yd University technical college No Mixed More About School
The Dorcan Academy
St Paul's Drive , Covingham SN3 5DA
2out of 4 2,575 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Commonweal School
The Mall , Old Town SN1 4JE
3out of 4 2,635 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
New College Swindon
New College Drive , SN3 1AH
- not rated 953 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Swindon Academy
Beech Avenue , SN2 1JR
3out of 4 2,668 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Horizons College
Segal Centre , Stratton Road SN1 2PN
- not rated 983 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Nyland School
Nyland Road , Nythe SN3 3RD
3out of 4 1,717 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Crowdys Hill School
Jefferies Avenue , SN2 7HJ
3out of 4 2,024 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
EOTAS Swindon
Ferndale Road , Ferndale SN2 1HL
3out of 4 2,145 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.