St. Joseph's CofE Junior School | School performance

36%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

185

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

30%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

36%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

185

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

30%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

36%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

185

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

30%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 01/11/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityWest Sussex

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio22.0:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterChurch of England

StatusOpen

Overview of St. Joseph's CofE Junior School · Primary · West Sussex

Part ofDIOCESE OF CHICHESTER ACADEMY TRUST

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

36%

-2pp

61%31%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 36%

RWM higher standard

-3pp

5%3%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 2%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

45%

Reading higher standard

Writing expected standard

60%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

45%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

72%

SPAG expected standard

32%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

99.0

Maths scaled score

98.0

GPS scaled score

97.0

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

185

Pupil : teacher ratio

22.0

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

31%

FSM eligible

39%

SEN

23%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

30%

Contact

Address

Orchard Street, Chichester, PO19 1DQ

Local authority

West Sussex

Website

www.stjosephscejunior.school

Telephone

01243783709

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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	36%	2%	45%	9%	60%	6%	45%	4%	72%	32%	99.0	98.0	97.0	—	—	—	23%	185
2023/24	38%	5%	62%	15%	45%	9%	65%	11%	75%	49%	102.0	102.0	100.0	—	—	—	24%	191
2022/23	0%	0%	62%	4%	0%	0%	47%	0%	0%	36%	100.0	98.0	98.0	-2.40	Not applicable	-2.80	22%	151
2018/19	61%	5%	66%	13%	68%	11%	66%	16%	92%	61%	101.0	103.0	103.0	-2.90	-2.00	-2.10	23%	155
2017/18	30%	0%	61%	15%	39%	0%	48%	3%	39%	54%	102.0	98.0	101.0	-3.00	-8.60	-6.10	—	192
2016/17	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	22%	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	185	18.9	23%	31%	39%	8%	30%
2023/24	191	25.5	24%	31%	38%	8%	28%
2022/23	151	17.8	22%	23%	36%	7%	24%
2021/22	161	23.7	20%	23%	34%	9%	35%
2020/21	148	16.8	22%	24%	34%	—	—
2018/19	155	16.5	23%	15%	24%	5%	16%
2017/18	—	14.7	—	—	—	5%	11%
2016/17	274	20.3	22%	12%	26%	5%	16%