St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Trafford · M33 3AF

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 437 pupils, 5% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

General Information

Address: Marlborough Road, Sale, M33 3AF – View on map
Phone: 01619734938
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Damian Arthur
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 42 families put it first for 44 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 7 of the 44 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Catholic
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

437 pupils out of 420 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 21
% eligible for free school meals: 5.0%
Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Trafford average)
English as an additional language: 38% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 15.2% a year (Trafford 10.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 31% moved to another school, 69% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 2 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

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 Trafford: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 3 (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 Trafford, 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: 3.3%
Persistently absent pupils: 4.6%
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: 12.6%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.1%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 13 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Physical disability: 3 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 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

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.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 85% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 25% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 12 percentage points above the Trafford average (74%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 82% against an expected 71%)
3-year average (expected standard): 82%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 90% · Writing 90% · Maths 92% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 90%
Average test scores: reading 110, maths 111
Based on: 60 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 schoolTrafford averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 12 percentage points above the Trafford average (74%).

Year 6 SATs: 9th of 55 junior and primary schools in the area

=7Brooklands Primary School87%
=7St Hugh of Lincoln RC Primary School87%
#9St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy85%
#10Tyntesfield Primary School84%
=11Bowdon CofE Primary School80%

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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

#1Well Green Primary School91%
=2Davyhulme Primary School90%
=2Park Road Academy Primary School90%
=4Park Road Sale Primary School89%
=4St Vincent's Catholic Primary School89%
#6All Saints' Catholic Primary School88%
=7Brooklands Primary School87%
=7St Hugh of Lincoln RC Primary School87%
#9St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy85%
#10Tyntesfield Primary School84%
=11Bowdon CofE Primary School80%
=11Seymour Park Community Primary School80%
=11Springfield Primary School80%
=11Willows Primary School80%
=15Broadheath Primary School79%
=15Flixton Primary School79%
=15St Mary's CofE Primary School79%
=18Heyes Lane Primary School78%
=18Stamford Park Primary School78%
=20Holy Family Catholic Primary School77%
=20Woodhouse Primary School77%
=22Moorlands Junior School76%
=22St Alphonsus RC Primary School76%
=24Bollin Primary School75%
=24St Hugh's Catholic Primary School75%
=24Woodheys Primary School75%
#27Moss Park Primary School74%
=28St Hilda's CofE Primary School73%
=28Victoria Park Junior School73%
=30Firs Primary School72%
=30Navigation Primary School72%
=32St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary School71%
=32Wellfield Junior School71%
=34Lime Tree Primary Academy69%
=34Oldfield Brow Primary School69%
=34Urmston Primary School69%
#37Worthington Primary School68%
=38Elmridge Primary School66%
=38St Anne's CofE Primary School66%
#40Broomwood Primary School65%
=41Cloverlea Primary School63%
=41Gorse Hill Primary School63%
=41Kings Road Primary School63%
=41St Mary's CofE Primary School63%
=45Altrincham CofE (Aided) Primary School62%
=45Partington Central Academy62%
#47Barton Clough Primary School61%
#48Highfield Primary School60%
#49Forest Gate Academy57%
#50St Margaret Ward Catholic Primary School55%
#51St Ann's RC Primary School53%
#52Old Trafford Community Academy52%
#53St Teresa's RC Primary School50%
#54Acre Hall Primary School45%
#55St Matthew's CofE Primary School37%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £5,692 (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.

51st of 55 primary schools in Trafford for spending per pupil

#49Bollin Primary School£5,815
#50Davyhulme Primary School£5,805
#51St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£5,692
#52St Vincent's Catholic Primary School£5,641
#53Tyntesfield Primary School£5,055

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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

#1Barton Clough Primary School£9,444
#2St Matthew's CofE Primary School£8,675
#3St Teresa's RC Primary School£8,439
#4Gorse Hill Primary School£7,780
#5Forest Gate Academy£7,719
#6Broomwood Primary School£7,707
#7Old Trafford Community Academy£7,563
#8Altrincham CofE (Aided) Primary School£7,525
#9St Alphonsus RC Primary School£7,488
#10Park Road Academy Primary School£7,429
#11Acre Hall Primary School£7,308
#12St Mary's CofE Primary School£7,300
#13Partington Central Academy£7,284
#14Firs Primary School£7,170
#15St Hilda's CofE Primary School£7,157
#16St Margaret Ward Catholic Primary School£7,112
#17Holy Family Catholic Primary School£7,068
#18St Anne's CofE Primary School£7,029
#19Oldfield Brow Primary School£7,022
#20All Saints' Catholic Primary School£6,782
#21Brooklands Primary School£6,686
#22Broadheath Primary School£6,634
#23Lime Tree Primary Academy£6,607
#24St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary School£6,570
#25St Mary's CofE Primary School£6,567
#26Stamford Park Primary School£6,421
#27Bowdon CofE Primary School£6,413
#28Elmridge Primary School£6,400
#29Highfield Primary School£6,389
#30Worthington Primary School£6,381
#31Cloverlea Primary School£6,364
#32Seymour Park Community Primary School£6,330
#33Willows Primary School£6,312
#34Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy£6,294
#35Kings Road Primary School£6,280
#36Park Road Sale Primary School£6,278
#37St Hugh's Catholic Primary School£6,273
#38Woodhouse Primary School£6,246
#39Moss Park Primary School£6,237
#40Springfield Primary School£6,220
#41Heyes Lane Primary School£6,203
#42Well Green Primary School£6,189
#43Navigation Primary School£6,117
#44St Hugh of Lincoln RC Primary School£6,115
#45Woodheys Primary School£6,114
#46Urmston Primary School£6,052
#47St Ann's RC Primary School£5,977
#48Flixton Primary School£5,818
#49Bollin Primary School£5,815
#50Davyhulme Primary School£5,805
#51St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£5,692
#52St Vincent's Catholic Primary School£5,641
#53Tyntesfield Primary School£5,055
#54Our Lady of the Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£2,970
#55English Martyrs' RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£915

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