St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | School performance

71%

RWM expected · 2024/25

14%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

10%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

71%

RWM expected · 2024/25

14%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

10%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

71%

RWM expected · 2024/25

14%

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

10%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

Ofsted inspection · 06/12/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityDevon

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio22.2:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

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

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How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

71%

+12pp

71%50%29%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 71%

RWM higher standard

14%

+14pp

14%7%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 14%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

71%

Reading higher standard

14%

Writing expected standard

71%

Writing higher standard

14%

Maths expected standard

86%

Maths higher standard

43%

Science expected standard

86%

SPAG expected standard

86%

SPAG higher standard

71%

Reading scaled score

107.0

Maths scaled score

110.0

GPS scaled score

113.0

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

Pupil : teacher ratio

22.2

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

10%

FSM eligible

28%

SEN

39%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

Coombeshead Road, Highweek, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PT

Local authority

Devon

Website

www.st-josephs-primary.devon.sch.uk/

Telephone

01626352559

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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	71%	14%	71%	14%	71%	14%	86%	43%	86%	86%	107.0	110.0	113.0	—	—	—	39%	87
2023/24	59%	0%	73%	23%	68%	5%	64%	9%	73%	50%	105.0	100.0	102.0	—	—	—	34%	90
2022/23	29%	0%	48%	10%	38%	5%	33%	10%	62%	43%	99.0	98.0	97.0	-5.30	-3.00	-4.90	28%	118
2018/19	68%	11%	68%	32%	79%	32%	79%	21%	84%	74%	104.0	104.0	106.0	-1.60	+0.10	-2.60	21%	140
2017/18	46%	13%	71%	13%	67%	13%	63%	17%	71%	67%	103.0	102.0	102.0	+0.90	+0.10	+0.00	16%	156
2016/17	58%	5%	68%	26%	68%	16%	63%	16%	58%	79%	104.0	103.0	106.0	+0.70	-0.10	+0.40	23%	160

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	87	17.4	39%	10%	28%	6%	15%
2023/24	90	18.0	34%	9%	26%	7%	23%
2022/23	118	24.1	28%	7%	26%	8%	31%
2021/22	129	22.6	32%	6%	29%	8%	27%
2020/21	130	18.9	27%	6%	30%	—	—
2018/19	140	20.1	21%	7%	23%	5%	13%
2017/18	156	22.9	16%	8%	17%	5%	14%
2016/17	160	17.8	23%	9%	23%	5%	17%