Ofsted

The Junior School was last inspected by Ofsted in June 2025. The school attained ‘outstanding’ in all areas.

The quality of education	Behaviour and attitudes	Personal development	Leadership and management
Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding

Letter from Mr Nick Hurn OBE (CEO of BWCET)	Inspection Report
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Highlights of the report include:

‘Pupils flourish at this welcoming and highly inclusive school….The school has very high aspirations for pupils’ achievement. Pupils work hard to rise to these aspirations. They achieve exceptionally well and leave the school very well prepared for the challenges of secondary education. Across the school, classrooms buzz with engaging and meaningful learning. The school provides activities and visits that carefully link to pupils’ learning as well as broadening their experiences beyond the local community. The way the school promotes pupils’ personal development is exceptional.’

The Infant School was last inspected by Ofsted in October 2024. This was an ungraded Ofsted inspection of a school judged good for overall effectiveness before September 2024.

Letter from Mr Nick Hurn OBE (CEO of BWCET)	Inspection Report
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View the latest Infant School Ofsted Report

View the latest Junior School Ofsted Report

Ofsted Parent View Survey

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RE Inspection

The Infant School was last inspected by the Diocese in June 2024. We were judged to be a good school.

Highlights of the report include:

• A powerful sense of community runs through St Joseph’s.
• All community members embrace the mission and parents say that their children love coming to school.
• Behaviour in and outside of classrooms is exemplary.
• Pupils know that they are loved and well cared for by the staff team.
• Parents recognise, ‘the calm and prayerful ethos of the school that reaches all aspects of the community’.
• The Executive Head Teacher is inspirational in her ambition for the community.
• Prayer and liturgy are central to school life and leaders are exemplary role models for staff and pupils.
• Parents recognise, ‘the calm and prayerful ethos of the school that reaches all aspects of the community’. They describe a culture of welcome where they feel that their children are authentically loved.
• Leaders have created a highly supportive culture where the wellbeing of staff and pupils is paramount, resulting in an ethos of mutual respect and growth.

Please click here for a full copy of St. Joseph’s Catholic Infant School, Catholic Schools’ Inspectorate Report – June 2024

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We are proud and delighted to be able to announce that the Junior School was judged to be ‘OUTSTANDING’ in its 2019 Religious Education inspection by the Diocese.

‘This is a joyous, cohesive school community where everyone involved displays the highest expectations for pupils in terms of personal, spiritual and academic development’.

St Josephs Catholic Junior School Diocesan Inspection Report June 2019