St Joseph's Catholic School is a secondary school located in Salisbury. 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 17/01/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.1%, which is 3.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Church Road, Salisbury

School Information

Address: Church Road, Salisbury, SP1 1QY
Website: http://www.sjcs.org.uk/
Telephone: 01722335380
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wiltshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Rachel Ridley
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 126473

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 17/01/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 625
Number of Pupils: 572
Number of Boys: 362
Number of Girls: 210

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 21.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.17 Confidence interval -0.44 to 0.09
Of the 98 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 89 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:14%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:33%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:43.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.54
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Laverstock
16 Church Road , Laverstock SP1 1QX
3out of 4 376 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Greentrees Primary School
Sycamore Drive , Bishopdown SP1 3GZ
- not rated 1,306 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Wyndham Park Infants' School
Somerset Road , SP1 3BL
4out of 4 1,416 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury
Somerset Road , SP1 3BL
2out of 4 1,451 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Martin's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School
Shady Bower , SP1 2RG
2out of 4 1,930 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Joseph's Catholic School
Church Road , Laverstock SP1 1QY
3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Edmund's Girls' School
Church Road , Laverstock SP1 1RD
3out of 4 142 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School
Wyvern College
Church Road , Laverstock SP1 1RE
3out of 4 206 yd Academy converter No Boys More About School
South Wilts Grammar School
Stratford Road , SP1 3JJ
4out of 4 2,198 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School
Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School
Exeter Street , SP1 2ED
4out of 4 2,632 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Boys More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Salisbury Sixth Form College
66-78 Tollgate Road , SP1 2JJ
- not rated 2,220 yd Free schools 16 to 19 No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Chafyn Grove School
Bourne Avenue , SP1 1LR
- not rated 1,314 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Exeter House Special School
Somerset Road , SP1 3BL
3out of 4 1,533 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
Leehurst Swan School
19 Campbell Road , Salisbury SP1 3BQ
- not rated 1,562 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
The Godolphin School
Milford Hill , Salisbury SP1 2RA
- not rated 1,890 yd Other independent school Yes Girls More About School
The Spires
School Lane , Salisbury SP1 3YA
- not rated 2,040 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.