St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

General Information

Address: Walton Avenue, Penketh, Warrington, WA5 2AU
Phone: 01925723340
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Alan Saunders
Age range: 4-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Number of pupils: 214
School capacity: 240
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 12
% eligible for free school meals: 5.6%
Nursery provision: No

Behaviour

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Attendance

Overall absence: 3.9%
Persistently absent pupils: 3.8%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 5.6%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.9%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Educational attainment data for this school has not been added yet.

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Financials

Financial summary information for this school has not been added yet.

Spending per pupil: £6,266 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

Ranked #34 of 52 Spending Per Pupil schools of this type in the area

#32Appleton Thorn Primary School£6,322
#33Culcheth Community Primary School£6,298
#34St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£6,266
#35Stockton Heath Primary School£6,225
#36Bruche Academy£6,191

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

#1Dallam Community Primary School£10,411
#2Birchwood CofE Primary School£9,385
#3Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School£8,881
#4Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery£8,405
#5St Lewis Catholic Primary School£8,298
#6Croft Primary School£8,131
#7St Helen's Church of England Primary School£8,116
#8Brook Acre Community Primary School£8,116
#9St Bridget's Catholic Primary School£7,705
#10Glazebury Church of England Primary School£7,688
#11St Vincent's Catholic Primary School£7,685
#12Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£7,629
#13Gorse Covert Primary School£7,469
#14Sankey Valley St James Church of England Primary School£7,387
#15St Augustine's Catholic Primary School£7,384
#16Oakwood Avenue Community Primary School£7,208
#17Alderman Bolton Primary School£7,120
#18Statham Primary School£7,065
#19Latchford St James CofE Primary School£6,946
#20Woolston Community Primary School£6,932
#21Winwick CofE Primary School£6,916
#22St Paul of the Cross Catholic Primary School£6,911
#23St Stephen's Catholic Primary School£6,905
#24Beamont Primary School£6,829
#25St Alban's Catholic Primary School£6,828
#26Cherry Tree School£6,779
#27St Benedict's Catholic Primary School£6,626
#28Twiss Green Community Primary School£6,595
#29Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School£6,544
#30Newchurch Community Primary School£6,506
#31Locking Stumps Community Primary School£6,408
#32Appleton Thorn Primary School£6,322
#33Culcheth Community Primary School£6,298
#34St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£6,266
#35Stockton Heath Primary School£6,225
#36Bruche Academy£6,191
#37Penketh South Community Primary School£6,135
#38Great Sankey Primary School£6,111
#39Oughtrington Primary School£6,105
#40St Oswald's Catholic Primary School£6,094
#41Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate£6,007
#42St Monica's Catholic Primary School£5,921
#43Woolston CofE Aided Primary School£5,862
#44Penketh Primary School£5,861
#45Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School£5,749
#46Grappenhall Heys Community Primary School£5,746
#47Ravenbank Primary School£5,726
#48Barrow Hall Community Primary School£5,663
#49Grappenhall St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School£5,523
#50St Peter's Catholic Primary School£5,464
#51Callands Primary Academy£2,444
#52St Thomas' CofE Primary School£1,523

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