St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Primary in Dorking, Mole Valley | Ofsted & DfE

65%

RWM expected · 2024/25

27%

RWM higher · 2024/25

171

Pupils · 2024/25

37%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

65%

RWM expected · 2024/25

27%

RWM higher · 2024/25

171

Pupils · 2024/25

37%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

65%

RWM expected · 2024/25

27%

RWM higher · 2024/25

171

Pupils · 2024/25

37%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Closed school

This school is closed.

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 29/03/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySurrey

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio18.4:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusClosed

Overview of St Joseph's Catholic Primary School · Primary · Surrey

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

65%

+15pp

85%68%50%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 65%

RWM higher standard

27%

+19pp

27%18%8%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 27%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

81%

Reading higher standard

46%

Writing expected standard

88%

Writing higher standard

31%

Maths expected standard

85%

Maths higher standard

42%

Science expected standard

88%

SPAG expected standard

88%

SPAG higher standard

54%

Reading scaled score

109.0

Maths scaled score

108.0

GPS scaled score

110.0

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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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

171

Pupil : teacher ratio

18.4

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

37%

FSM eligible

12%

SEN

15%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

11%

Contact

Address

Norfolk Road, Dorking, RH4 3JA

Local authority

Surrey

Website

www.stjosephsschooldorking.co.uk

Telephone

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History

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	65%	27%	81%	46%	88%	31%	85%	42%	88%	88%	109.0	108.0	110.0	—	—	—	15%	171
2023/24	50%	8%	71%	38%	83%	21%	67%	17%	88%	92%	106.0	104.0	110.0	—	—	—	12%	177
2022/23	73%	19%	85%	35%	77%	19%	88%	35%	85%	92%	108.0	107.0	110.0	+2.00	+0.70	+1.70	11%	175
2018/19	85%	26%	89%	41%	89%	33%	96%	56%	89%	96%	108.0	109.0	111.0	+2.70	+1.40	+3.20	9%	181
2017/18	77%	12%	88%	62%	85%	50%	88%	23%	85%	92%	110.0	106.0	112.0	+2.90	+2.00	+0.20	8%	185
2016/17	81%	27%	85%	50%	85%	38%	85%	35%	85%	88%	108.0	107.0	110.0	+1.20	+0.50	-0.30	6%	187

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	171	19.0	15%	37%	12%	6%	11%
2023/24	177	20.1	12%	41%	9%	5%	14%
2022/23	175	19.6	11%	37%	10%	5%	13%
2021/22	178	20.9	10%	33%	10%	5%	14%
2020/21	173	17.9	10%	32%	10%	—	—
2018/19	181	18.2	9%	33%	7%	4%	6%
2017/18	185	18.4	8%	30%	8%	4%	2%
2016/17	187	19.5	6%	24%	9%	3%	—