St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes
General Information
- Address: St Joseph's Place, Devizes, SN10 1DD – View on map
- Phone: 01380723084
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Yvonne Wilkins
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 66
- % eligible for free school meals: 40.0%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (more mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 18% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.3% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 26% moved to another school, 74% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Wiltshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (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 Wiltshire, 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: 8.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 24.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 18 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 24% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 35 percentage points below the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 47% against an expected 57%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 47%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 48% · Writing 60% · Maths 36% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 44%
- Average test scores: reading 100, maths 99
- Based on: 25 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: 172nd of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- #170Priestley Primary School27%
- #171Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury25%
- #172St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes24%
- #173Somerfords' Walter Powell CofE Academy13%
- #174Great Wishford CofE (VA) Primary School0%
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93rd of 136 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #91St George's Church of England Primary School, SemingtonGood
- #92St John's Catholic Primary School, TrowbridgeGood
- #93St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, DevizesGood
- #94St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, MalmesburyGood
- #95St Mary's Broughton Gifford Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,920 (2024-25)
80th of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #78Preshute Church of England Primary School£6,989
- #79St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington£6,955
- #80St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes£6,920
- #81The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre£6,916
- #82Minety Church of England Primary School£6,879
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