St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School
Highview Crescent, Hutton, CM13 1BJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kathryn Poulter
- Diocese
- Diocese of Brentwood
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 205
- URN
- 115183
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01277227282
About this school
St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Hutton. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 205 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 26 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 87% | 50% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 30% | 8% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 97% | 81% | 97% |
| Expected standard in maths | 93% | 58% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 97% | 88% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 105.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +4.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.80 | - | - |
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 the Worker 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 | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 87% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 207 |
| 2023/24 | 210 |
| 2024/25 | 213 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School compares
St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School ranked 77th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 77% | 4.2% | 7% | 205 | — |
| Willowbrook Primary School | 63% | 4.9% | 24.9% | 208 | 0.2 miles |
| Hutton All Saints' Church of England Primary School | 72% | 5.2% | 13% | 200 | 0.3 miles |
| Long Ridings Primary School | 77% | 5% | 11% | 392 | 0.3 miles |
| Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary School | 93% | 3% | 1.7% | 420 | 1.1 miles |
| Mountnessing Church of England Primary School | 81% | 7.3% | 9.3% | 191 | 1.5 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)
- 7.04%
- English as an additional language
- 10.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.15%
- Persistent absence
- 5.98%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Willowbrook Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Brentwood
-
Hutton All Saints' Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Brentwood
-
Long Ridings Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Brentwood
-
Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Brentwood
-
Mountnessing Church of England Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Brentwood
Common questions
- What year groups does St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School teach?
- St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Hutton.
- Who is the headteacher of St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School?
- The headteacher of St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School is Mrs Kathryn Poulter, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School?
- St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School has 205 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School full?
- St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 205 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Brentwood.
- Does St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 87% in 2022/23 and 77% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School rank locally?
- St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School ranked 77th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School's absence rate?
- St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Joseph the Worker 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 30 June 2026.