St Joseph's RC Primary School

Westminster · W9 1DF

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 264 pupils, 15.3% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted: Outstanding

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St Joseph's RC Primary School

General Information

Address: Lanark Road, Maida Vale, London, W9 1DF – View on map
Phone: 02072863518
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Dr Ninette Fernandes-Viana
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 52 families put it first for 42 places – 12 for every 10 places. 75% of them were offered a place. 7 of the 42 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 21 · 2025 13 · 2026 12
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

264 pupils out of 210 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 40
% eligible for free school meals: 15.3%
Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (less mixed than the Westminster average)
English as an additional language: 75% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 8.3% a year (Westminster 26.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

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 Westminster: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 3 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (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 Westminster, 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: 4.8%
Persistently absent pupils: 11.4%
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: 9.5%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.5%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 4 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Speech, language and communications needs: 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

Outstanding 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: 78% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 6 percentage points above the Westminster average (73%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 67% against an expected 65%)
3-year average (expected standard): 67%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 87% · Writing 83% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 87%
Average test scores: reading 110, maths 108
Based on: 23 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 schoolWestminster averageEngland↗ Improving Up 21 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 6 percentage points above the Westminster average (73%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 12th of 32 junior and primary schools in the area

=12Ark Atwood Primary Academy78%
=12Christ Church Bentinck CofE Primary School78%
=12St Joseph's RC Primary School78%
#15Edward Wilson Primary School76%
=16Queen's Park Primary School75%

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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

=1Hampden Gurney CofE Primary School100%
=1St Clement Danes CofE Primary School100%
#3St James & St John Church of England Primary School95%
#4St Peter's Eaton Square CofE Primary School91%
#5Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Foundation CofE Primary School88%
=6Millbank Gardens Primary Academy87%
=6St Gabriel's CofE Primary School87%
=6St Mary's Bryanston Square CofE School87%
#9Wilberforce Primary85%
#10Essendine Primary School84%
#11St Luke's CofE Primary School82%
=12Ark Atwood Primary Academy78%
=12Christ Church Bentinck CofE Primary School78%
=12St Joseph's RC Primary School78%
#15Edward Wilson Primary School76%
=16Queen's Park Primary School75%
=16St George's Hanover Square CofE Primary School75%
#18Ark King Solomon Academy73%
#19St Edward's Catholic Primary School71%
=20All Souls CofE Primary School70%
=20St Mary Magdalene & St Stephen's CofE Primary School70%
#22St Saviour's CofE Primary School69%
#23St John's Wood Primary School66%
#24St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School64%
=25Gateway Academy62%
=25St Peter's CofE School62%
#27St Matthew's School, Westminster58%
#28Soho Parish CofE Primary School53%
=29Pimlico Primary52%
=29St Augustines Federated Schools: CofE Primary School52%
#31Hallfield Primary School50%
#32St Barnabas' CofE Primary School40%

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3rd of 25 primary schools in Westminster for Ofsted rating

#1Ark Atwood Primary AcademyOutstanding
#2Christ Church Bentinck CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3St Joseph's RC Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5St Peter's CofE SchoolOutstanding

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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

#1Ark Atwood Primary AcademyOutstanding
#2Christ Church Bentinck CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3St Joseph's RC Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5St Peter's CofE SchoolOutstanding
#6St Vincent's Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#7All Souls CofE Primary SchoolGood
#8Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Foundation CofE Primary SchoolGood
#9Edward Wilson Primary SchoolGood
#10Essendine Primary SchoolGood
#11Gateway AcademyGood
#12Hallfield Primary SchoolGood
#13Hampden Gurney CofE Primary SchoolGood
#14Queen's Park Primary SchoolGood
#15Soho Parish CofE Primary SchoolGood
#16St Barnabas' CofE Primary SchoolGood
#17St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#18St Gabriel's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#19St George's Hanover Square CofE Primary SchoolGood
#20St John's Wood Primary SchoolGood
#21St Mary's Bryanston Square CofE SchoolGood
#22St Matthew's School, WestminsterGood
#23St Saviour's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#24St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#25Wilberforce PrimaryGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,961 (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.

29th of 31 primary schools in Westminster for spending per pupil

#27Hampden Gurney CofE Primary School£8,372
#28Ark Atwood Primary Academy£8,102
#29St Joseph's RC Primary School£7,961
#30St Saviour's CofE Primary School£7,737
#31Pimlico Primary£7,725

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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

#1Soho Parish CofE Primary School£14,529
#2Hallfield Primary School£14,115
#3Millbank Gardens Primary Academy£14,015
#4St Matthew's School, Westminster£13,390
#5St George's Hanover Square CofE Primary School£13,173
#6St Barnabas' CofE Primary School£12,753
#7All Souls CofE Primary School£12,206
#8St Mary Magdalene & St Stephen's CofE Primary School£11,848
#9Queen's Park Primary School£11,735
#10Edward Wilson Primary School£11,611
#11St Peter's Eaton Square CofE Primary School£10,986
#12Essendine Primary School£10,600
#13St John's Wood Primary School£10,579
#14St James & St John Church of England Primary School£10,525
#15Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Foundation CofE Primary School£10,161
#16St Edward's Catholic Primary School£10,045
#17St Mary's Bryanston Square CofE School£9,984
#18St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School£9,973
#19St Clement Danes CofE Primary School£9,630
#20St Augustines Federated Schools: CofE Primary School£9,438
#21Gateway Academy£9,343
#22St Luke's CofE Primary School£9,274
#23Christ Church Bentinck CofE Primary School£9,068
#24St Gabriel's CofE Primary School£8,955
#25Wilberforce Primary£8,811
#26St Peter's CofE School£8,692
#27Hampden Gurney CofE Primary School£8,372
#28Ark Atwood Primary Academy£8,102
#29St Joseph's RC Primary School£7,961
#30St Saviour's CofE Primary School£7,737
#31Pimlico Primary£7,725

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