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EnglandWest MidlandsHerefordshire, County ofHR9 5AWSt Joseph's RC Primary School and Nursery
Primary

St Joseph's RC Primary School and Nursery

Primary

Herefordshire, County of · Ross-on-Wye · HR9 5AW www.st-josephs.hereford.sch.uk/

Pupils
174
cap. 210
Ages
2 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school
71%
RWM expected · 2024/25
10%
RWM higher · 2024/25
174
Pupils · 2024/25
22%
EAL · 2024/25
4%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
71%
RWM expected · 2024/25
10%
RWM higher · 2024/25
174
Pupils · 2024/25
22%
EAL · 2024/25
4%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
Ofsted inspection
Good

Ofsted inspection · 01/02/2024

Inadequate
Requires improvement
Good
Outstanding
Local authorityHerefordshire, County of
PhasePrimary
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio17.6:1
AdmissionsNot applicable
Religious characterRoman Catholic
StatusOpen

Overview of St Joseph's RC Primary School and Nursery · Primary · Herefordshire, County of

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard
71%
-17pp
88%80%71%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 71%
RWM higher standard
10%
-3pp
24%17%10%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 10%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
81%
Reading higher standard
33%
Writing expected standard
86%
Writing higher standard
24%
Maths expected standard
90%
Maths higher standard
19%
Science expected standard
100%
SPAG expected standard
76%
SPAG higher standard
29%
Reading scaled score
107.0
Maths scaled score
106.0
GPS scaled score
107.0

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
174
Pupil : teacher ratio
17.6
Workforce data · 2025/26
EAL
22%
FSM eligible
18%
SEN
17%
Overall absence
3%
Persistent absence
4%

Contact

Address
The Avenue, Walford Road, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 5AW
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Telephone
Email

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

YearRWM expectedRWM higherReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.SENCohort
2024/2571%10%81%33%86%24%90%19%100%76%107.0106.0107.017%174
2023/2488%13%88%50%100%25%100%38%100%94%107.0108.0109.015%170
2022/2379%14%86%29%86%29%93%29%100%79%106.0107.0105.0-1.00+1.40+1.2014%156
2018/1971%24%76%43%90%43%81%38%90%81%107.0105.0108.0+4.70+6.00+2.3023%109
2017/1873%18%73%27%82%45%73%18%100%73%105.0101.0104.0+0.60+3.60-2.4020%106
2016/1750%0%80%60%80%0%70%20%80%90%108.0103.0108.0+3.20-1.60-1.4022%111

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

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2517419.517%22%18%3%4%
2023/2417020.215%20%19%4%7%
2022/2315619.014%19%19%4%12%
2021/2212721.919%16%23%4%8%
2020/2112520.814%16%23%
2018/1910921.823%14%25%4%5%
2017/1810619.120%15%24%4%7%
2016/1711121.522%11%25%4%10%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.