Primary
St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Babworth Road, Retford, DN22 7BP
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 224 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- ST FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hallam
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 15.5
- Pupils per adult
- 14.0
- Pupils
- 218
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2024
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
70%
16 points above the Retford average (54% across 16 schools)
109.0
4.5 above the Retford average (104.5 across 16 schools)
4th of 16 by our score, among the primary schools in Retford we can score - 17 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 105 |
| Average reading score | 109 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 70% |
| Working at a higher standard | 13% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 59% |
| 23/24 | 61% |
| 24/25 | 70% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
Babworth Road, Retford, DN22 7BP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Nottinghamshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Richard Hilton
- Address
- Babworth Road, Retford, DN22 7BP
- Telephone
- 01777702850