St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Davey Drive, Hollingdean, Brighton, BN1 7BF
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Gillian Foan
- Diocese
- Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 104
- URN
- 114542
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
About this school
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School was a Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Brighton. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 104 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. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 25 | 18 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% | 50% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 6% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% | 72% | 58% |
| Expected standard in maths | 48% | 72% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 52% | 61% | 58% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.00 | - | - |
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 | Brighton and Hove average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44% | 55.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 56% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 55.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 160 |
| 2023/24 | 152 |
| 2024/25 | 104 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Joseph's Catholic Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 9% | 62.5% | 104 | — |
| Hertford Primary School | 44% | 6.9% | 36.2% | 205 | 0.4 miles |
| Coombe Road Primary School | 47% | 7.5% | 52.6% | 192 | 0.4 miles |
| Downs Junior School | 60% | 5.4% | 16.8% | 495 | 0.4 miles |
| Downs Infant School | — | 5.7% | 11.5% | 289 | 0.4 miles |
| St Martin's CofE Primary School | 60% | 5.5% | 40.2% | 212 | 0.5 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 62.5%
- English as an additional language
- 23.1%
- Overall absence
- 8.95%
- Persistent absence
- 25.55%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hertford Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Brighton
-
Coombe Road Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Brighton
-
Downs Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Brighton
-
Downs Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Brighton
-
St Martin's CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Brighton
Other schools in Brighton
- Balfour Primary School Primary
- Benfield Primary School Primary
- Bevendean Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Brackenbury Primary School Primary
- Carden Nursery and Primary School Primary
- Carlton Hill Primary School Primary
- City Academy Whitehawk Primary
- Coldean Primary School Primary
- Coombe Road Primary School Primary
- Downs Infant School Primary
- Downs Junior School Primary
- Eastbrook Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does St Joseph's Catholic Primary School teach?
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Brighton.
- 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 104 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 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 44% in 2022/23 and 50% 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 31 August 2025.