St Joseph's RC Primary School is a primary school located in Ashton-under-Lyne. 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 08/05/2014. 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 3.3%, which is 0.7 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Market Street, Ashton-under-Lyne

School Information

Address: Market Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL5 0ES
Website: www.st-josephs.tameside.sch.uk
Telephone: 01457832360
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Tameside
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Irene Williams
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 106254

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 08/05/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 186
Number of Boys: 98
Number of Girls: 88

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 3.2% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 0.3 Confidence interval -2.4 to 3
Writing
Average: -1.9 Confidence interval -4.4 to 0.6
Maths
Average: 0.2 Confidence interval -2.2 to 2.5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:70%
England Average:65%

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

School:10%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:106
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:107
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Joseph's RC Primary School
Market Street , Mossley OL5 0ES 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St George's CofE Primary School
Stamford Street , Mossley OL5 0HT 		3out of 4 296 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Livingstone Primary School
Valeside , Mossley OL5 0AP 		3out of 4 374 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Milton St John's CofE Primary School
Mill Lane , Mossley OL5 0BN 		3out of 4 550 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School
The Rowans , Mossley OL5 9DR 		3out of 4 988 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Mossley Hollins High School
Huddersfield Road , Mossley OL5 9DP 		4out of 4 1,236 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Damian's RC Science College
Lees Road , OL6 8BH 		4out of 4 2,493 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Great Academy Ashton
Broadoak Road , OL6 8RF 		2out of 4 3,094 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Samuel Laycock School
Broadoak Road , OL6 8RF 		2out of 4 3,058 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Bright Futures School
Friezland Lane , Greenfield OL3 7EU 		- not rated 3,225 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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