Community school · Primary
Dewsbury · WF13 2DQ · Kirklees
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 148482
St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy
Academy converter · Dewsbury · WF13 4HY
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
212
Local authority
Kirklees
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Dewsbury, Kirklees, 212 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 36.8%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Leeds (rc).
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 148482
Location
- Address
- Healds Road
- Postcode
- WF13 4HY
- Town
- Dewsbury
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- District
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 212
- Boys / girls
- 102 / 110
- School capacity
- 218
- Capacity fill
- 212 / 218 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 36.8%
- FSM pupils
- 78
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (rc)
- Governance
- Academy trust: BLESSED PETER SNOW CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- BLESSED PETER SNOW CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Bulloch
- Telephone
- 01924462053
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-09-24
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 71%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 6%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0