St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Queen's Road, Ingrow, Keighley, BD21 1AR – View on map
- Phone: 01535605880
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: John Devlin
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 38 families put it first for 40 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 94
- % eligible for free school meals: 31.4%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (similar to the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 11% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.4% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Bradford: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 17 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Bradford, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2016 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 71% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 67% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 67%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 78% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106
- Based on: 45 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 39th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =39Greengates Primary Academy71%
- =39St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy71%
- =39St Joseph's Catholic Primary School71%
- =39Thorpe Primary71%
- =44All Saints CofE Primary School70%
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90th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #88St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
- #89St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #90St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #91St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
- #92St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,661 (2024-25)
71st of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #69Brackenhill Primary School£6,671
- #70Newby Primary School£6,671
- #71St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£6,661
- #72Eastburn Primary School£6,650
- #73St Francis Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£6,645
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