St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school located in Halifax. 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 28/06/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.1%, which is 0.9 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Portland Road, Halifax, HX3 6LA
Website: http://www.st-josephs.calderdale.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01422360646
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Calderdale
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Helena Angstmann
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 107544

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 28/06/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 192
Number of Boys: 84
Number of Girls: 108

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 3.4% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 1.4 Confidence interval -1 to 3.9
Writing
Average: -0.3 Confidence interval -2.5 to 2
Maths
Average: 1.3 Confidence interval -0.8 to 3.4

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:57%
England Average:65%

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

School:4%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:103
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Portland Road , HX3 6LA 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Beech Hill School
Mount Pleasant Avenue , HX1 5TN 		3out of 4 968 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Trinity Academy Akroydon
Rawson Street North , Boothtown HX3 6PU 		3out of 4 1,124 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St Augustine's CofE VA Junior and Infant School
Hanson Lane , HX1 5PG 		2out of 4 1,590 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Salterlee Primary School
Kell Lane , Shibden HX3 7AY 		3out of 4 1,601 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Crossley Heath School
Savile Park , HX3 0HG 		4out of 4 2,616 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Trinity Sixth Form Academy
Northgate House , HX1 1UN 		- not rated 584 yd Free schools 16 to 19 No Mixed More About School
Calderdale College
Francis Street , HX1 3UZ 		- not rated 1,845 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Halifax Academy
Gibbet Street , HX2 0BA 		3out of 4 2,761 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Beacon Lights Schools
Rifaiyy Building (Hopwood Lane Entrance) , Francis Street HX1 5JY 		- not rated 1,616 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Stafford Hall
Cheltenham Place , HX3 0AW 		- not rated 2,504 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Hipperholme Grammar School
Bramley Lane , Halifax HX3 8JE 		- not rated 3,069 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
The Gleddings School
Birdcage Lane , Savile Park HX3 0JB 		- not rated 3,140 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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