St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Christchurch is a primary school located in Christchurch. 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 11/02/2015. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are well above average, The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.3%, which is 0.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Dorset Road, Christchurch, BH23 3DA
Website: www.stjosephs.dorset.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01202485976
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Elizabeth Rippon
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 113848

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 11/02/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 5 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 235
Number of Pupils: 211
Number of Boys: 113
Number of Girls: 98

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 8.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
N/A: 5.4 Confidence interval 3.2 to 7.6
Writing
N/A: 2 Confidence interval 0 to 4
Maths
Well Above Average: 5.7 Confidence interval 3.8 to 7.5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:87%
England Average:65%

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

School:23%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:110
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:111
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Christchurch
Dorset Road, Somerford BH23 3DA 		0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Somerford Primary School
Draper Road, BH23 3AS 		937 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
4out of 4Mudeford Junior School
Mudeford Lane, Mudeford BH23 3HP 		1,437 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Mudeford Community Infants' School
Queen's Road, Mudeford BH23 3HH 		1,460 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Burton Church of England Primary School
Campbell Road, Burton BH23 7JY 		2,388 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
1out of 4The Grange School
Redvers Road, BH23 3AU 		860 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Highcliffe School
Parkside, Highcliffe BH23 4QD 		1,850 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
4out of 4Twynham School
Sopers Lane, BH23 1JF 		3,140 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Christchurch Learning Centre
29 Stour Road, BH23 1PJ 		3,075 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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