Overview of St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead · Primary · Wirral
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2017/18
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 68% | 8% | 86% | 38% | 74% | 10% | 78% | 24% | 84% | 76% | 108.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 | — | — | — | 12% | 265 |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 0% | 84% | 16% | 63% | 0% | 50% | 13% | 78% | 66% | 105.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 | — | — | — | 10% | 278 |
| 2022/23 | 46% | 2% | 68% | 18% | 63% | 9% | 52% | 11% | 79% | 63% | 104.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 | +2.40 | +2.30 | -1.20 | 8% | 306 |
| 2018/19 | 63% | 0% | 67% | 20% | 80% | 8% | 76% | 14% | 80% | 73% | 102.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 | -1.90 | -0.80 | -2.00 | 10% | 360 |
| 2017/18 | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | — | New school |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 265 | 21.6 | 12% | 20% | 17% | 6% | 15% |
| 2023/24 | 278 | 19.4 | 10% | 16% | 15% | 6% | 16% |
| 2022/23 | 306 | 21.3 | 8% | 15% | 18% | 5% | 15% |
| 2021/22 | 314 | 25.7 | 9% | 12% | 17% | 7% | 22% |
| 2020/21 | 348 | 23.1 | 8% | 8% | 15% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 360 | 21.2 | 10% | 10% | 16% | 5% | 13% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.