Primary
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
The Drive, Dovercourt, CO12 3SU
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 114 of 119 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
- Local authority
- Essex
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- THE ROSARY TRUST - A CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY
- Diocese
- Diocese of Brentwood
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 12.0
- Pupils per adult
- 9.7
- Pupils
- 116
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 May 2023
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
53%
11 points below the Essex average (64% across 387 schools)
105.0
0.9 below the Essex average (105.9 across 387 schools)
267th of 391 by our score, among the primary schools in Essex we can score - 445 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 | 103 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 53% |
| Working at a higher standard | 6% |
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 | 73% |
| 23/24 | 65% |
| 24/25 | 53% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
The Drive, Dovercourt, CO12 3SU
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.
Essex 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
- Executive Headteacher
- Samantha Golding
- Address
- The Drive, Dovercourt, CO12 3SU
- Telephone
- 01255503493
Other primary schools nearby
- The Mayflower Primary School5.6/10
- All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt6.4/10
- Spring Meadow Primary School & NurseryNot enough data
- Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery6.4/10
- Harwich Community Primary School and Nursery4.7/10
- St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, RamseyNot enough data