St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Bristol Road, Portishead, BS20 6QB
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by St Joseph's Catholic Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mr Greg Bath
- Diocese
- Diocese of Clifton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North Somerset
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 209
- URN
- 109238
- Local authority
- North Somerset
About this school
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Portishead. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 209 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 32 | 32 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 81% | 85% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 3% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 91% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 88% | 93% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 56% | 59% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How St Joseph's Catholic Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Somerset average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 59.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 81% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 85% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 205 |
| 2023/24 | 209 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Joseph's Catholic Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 94% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 77% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 85% | 4.6% | 7.8% | 209 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | — | 4.8% | 10.1% | 213 | 0.0 miles |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School | 79% | 3.8% | 5.8% | 601 | 0.3 miles |
| Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School | 64% | 3.6% | 9% | 413 | 0.7 miles |
| Portishead Primary School | 68% | 4.6% | 7.4% | 370 | 0.8 miles |
| High Down Junior School | 72% | 4.5% | 11.1% | 328 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 7.8%
- English as an additional language
- 17.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.6%
- Persistent absence
- 7.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Portishead
-
St Peter's Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Portishead
-
Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
Portishead Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Portishead
-
High Down Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Bristol
Other schools in Portishead
- High Down Infant School Primary
- Portishead Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does St Joseph's Catholic Primary School teach?
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Portishead.
- Has St Joseph's Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Joseph's Catholic Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School?
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School had 209 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have St Joseph's Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 85% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St Joseph's Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 January 2025.