St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Harrow · HA3 7LP

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 447 pupils, 13% FSM

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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

General Information

Address: Dobbin Close, Belmont Circle, Harrow, HA3 7LP – View on map
Phone: 02088638531
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Christopher Briggs
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 63 families put it first for 59 places – 11 for every 10 places. 92% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 11
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

447 pupils out of 456 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 58
% eligible for free school meals: 13.0%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Harrow average)
English as an additional language: 56% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 3.9% a year (Harrow 16.4%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Harrow: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 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 Harrow, 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: 4.2%
Persistently absent pupils: 9.0%
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.

Pupils on SEN Support: 14.3%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.1%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 44 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 5 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Physical disability: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Severe learning difficulty: 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

Good 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 86% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 22% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 14 percentage points above the Harrow average (72%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 78% against an expected 67%)
3-year average (expected standard): 78%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 90% · Writing 90% · Maths 95% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 90%
Average test scores: reading 108, maths 109
Based on: 59 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

This schoolHarrow averageEngland↗ Improving Up 9 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 14 percentage points above the Harrow average (72%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 5th of 39 junior and primary schools in the area

=2Krishna Avanti Primary School87%
=5Pinner Wood School86%
=5St Joseph's Catholic Primary School86%
=5Vaughan Primary School86%
=5Whitchurch Primary School & Nursery86%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Stanburn Primary School88%
=2Avanti House Primary School87%
=2Grimsdyke School87%
=2Krishna Avanti Primary School87%
=5Pinner Wood School86%
=5St Joseph's Catholic Primary School86%
=5Vaughan Primary School86%
=5Whitchurch Primary School & Nursery86%
#9St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School85%
=10Cannon Lane Primary School84%
=10St John Fisher Catholic Primary School84%
=12Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior School83%
=12Roxbourne Primary School83%
=14Priestmead Primary School and Nursery80%
=14St George's Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy80%
#16St Anselm's Catholic Primary School79%
=17Weald Rise Primary School76%
=17West Lodge Primary School76%
=19Aylward Primary School74%
=19St John's CofE School74%
=21Longfield Primary School72%
=21Pinner Park Primary School72%
=21Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School72%
=24Stag Lane Primary School69%
=24The Welldon Park Academy69%
#26Marlborough Primary School68%
#27St Teresa's Catholic Primary School and Nursery67%
#28Elmgrove Primary School & Nursery66%
#29Grange Primary School65%
=30Heathland School63%
=30Roxeth Primary School63%
#32Camrose Primary With Nursery61%
=33Kenmore Park Junior School60%
=33Norbury School60%
=35Belmont School56%
=35Glebe Primary School56%
#37Earlsmead Primary School55%
#38Cedars Manor School54%
#39Whitefriars School44%

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28th of 35 primary schools in Harrow for Ofsted rating

#26Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual SchoolGood
#27St John's CofE SchoolGood
#28St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#29St Teresa's Catholic Primary School and NurseryGood
#30Stanburn Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Grimsdyke SchoolOutstanding
#2Pinner Wood SchoolOutstanding
#3Priestmead Primary School and NurseryOutstanding
#4St Anselm's Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5St George's Primary Catholic Voluntary AcademyOutstanding
#6St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#7Vaughan Primary SchoolOutstanding
#8Avanti House Primary SchoolGood
#9Aylward Primary SchoolGood
#10Belmont SchoolGood
#11Camrose Primary With NurseryGood
#12Cannon Lane Primary SchoolGood
#13Cedars Manor SchoolGood
#14Earlsmead Primary SchoolGood
#15Elmgrove Primary School & NurseryGood
#16Grange Primary SchoolGood
#17Heathland SchoolGood
#18Hujjat Primary SchoolGood
#19Krishna Avanti Primary SchoolGood
#20Longfield Primary SchoolGood
#21Marlborough Primary SchoolGood
#22Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior SchoolGood
#23Norbury SchoolGood
#24Pinner Park Primary SchoolGood
#25Roxbourne Primary SchoolGood
#26Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual SchoolGood
#27St John's CofE SchoolGood
#28St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#29St Teresa's Catholic Primary School and NurseryGood
#30Stanburn Primary SchoolGood
#31The Welldon Park AcademyGood
#32Weald Rise Primary SchoolGood
#33West Lodge Primary SchoolGood
#34Whitchurch Primary School & NurseryGood
#35Glebe Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,265 (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.

14th of 38 primary schools in Harrow for spending per pupil

#12Stanburn Primary School£7,329
#13St George's Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy£7,281
#14St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£7,265
#15St Teresa's Catholic Primary School and Nursery£7,236
#16Norbury School£7,156

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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.

Rank School Score

#1The Welldon Park Academy£8,875
#2Grange Primary School£8,458
#3St John's CofE School£8,369
#4Weald Rise Primary School£8,092
#5Glebe Primary School£8,071
#6Cedars Manor School£8,028
#7Aylward Primary School£7,916
#8Belmont School£7,813
#9West Lodge Primary School£7,631
#10Camrose Primary With Nursery£7,522
#11Roxeth Primary School£7,514
#12Stanburn Primary School£7,329
#13St George's Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy£7,281
#14St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£7,265
#15St Teresa's Catholic Primary School and Nursery£7,236
#16Norbury School£7,156
#17Saint Jerome Church of England Bilingual School£7,155
#18St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School£7,145
#19Heathland School£7,129
#20Marlborough Primary School£7,028
#21Elmgrove Primary School & Nursery£6,993
#22Roxbourne Primary School£6,963
#23Pinner Wood School£6,958
#24Priestmead Primary School and Nursery£6,953
#25Longfield Primary School£6,906
#26Vaughan Primary School£6,885
#27Grimsdyke School£6,812
#28Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior School£6,738
#29Hujjat Primary School£6,699
#30Avanti House Primary School£6,685
#31Whitchurch Primary School & Nursery£6,661
#32Cannon Lane Primary School£6,638
#33Pinner Park Primary School£6,637
#34St Anselm's Catholic Primary School£6,582
#35St John Fisher Catholic Primary School£6,468
#36Earlsmead Primary School£6,342
#37Stag Lane Primary School£5,867
#38Krishna Avanti Primary School£5,575

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