Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Wath upon Dearne, S63 7HG · Rotherham local authority
Wath upon Dearne’s School Grade C+ better than 42% of towns in England
What stands out about Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
- Its own letter, B+: Key Stage 2 results better than 69% of England’s primary schools
- 69% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7 points above England’s schools
- Ofsted: Good, February 2024 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (27 of 27)
- Homes in its postcode sector (S63 7) sold for a median £188,000; Wath upon Dearne’s is £179,975
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 69%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 69% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Rotherham avg 58%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 107, maths 107 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (5), 2020 (4), 2021 (21), 2023 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Rotherham council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Wath upon Dearne and Rotherham, side by side
2023–2025All 85 graded primaries in Rotherham. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Wath upon Dearne’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Alban's CofE (Aided) Primary School | A+ | 10% | 92% |
| Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School | A+ | 14% | 91% |
| Woodsetts Primary School | A+ | 13% | 87% |
| Roughwood Primary School | A+ | 44% | 84% |
| Herringthorpe Junior School | A | 32% | 82% |
| Wickersley Northfield Primary School | A | 10% | 79% |
| Aston Fence Junior and Infant School | A | 11% | 77% |
| Todwick Primary School | A− | 6% | 75% |
| Wales Primary School | A− | 17% | 74% |
| Aston Hall Junior and Infant School | A− | 6% | 74% |
| Swallownest Primary School | A− | 21% | 74% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | A− | 25% | 72% |
| Wath Church of England Primary School | A− | 18% | 72% |
| Sitwell Junior School | B+ | 18% | 70% |
| Bramley Grange Primary School | B+ | 17% | 70% |
| Listerdale Primary Academy | B+ | 8% | 70% |
| Greasbrough Primary School | B+ | 30% | 70% |
| Waverley Primary Academy | B+ | 8% | 70% |
| Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | B+ | 21% | 69% |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School | B+ | 15% | 69% |
| St Gerard's Catholic Primary School | B+ | 18% | 69% |
| Anston Greenlands Primary School | B+ | 12% | 68% |
| Thurcroft Junior Academy | B | 46% | 67% |
| Aston All Saints CofE (A) Primary School | B | 11% | 67% |
| Wentworth CofE Junior and Infant School | B | 7% | 67% |
| Maltby Lilly Hall Academy | B | 14% | 66% |
| Ravenfield Primary Academy | B | 11% | 66% |
| Kilnhurst Primary School | B | 18% | 66% |
| Flanderwell Primary School | B | 14% | 65% |
| Anston Hillcrest Primary School | B | 11% | 65% |
| Thorpe Hesley Primary School | B | 8% | 65% |
| Coleridge Primary | B− | 58% | 64% |
| Brampton Ellis CofE Primary School | B− | 21% | 64% |
| Redscope Primary School | B− | 42% | 64% |
| Treeton Church of England Primary School | B− | 16% | 63% |
| Brinsworth Howarth Primary School | B− | 13% | 63% |
| Blackburn Primary School | B− | 25% | 62% |
| Kimberworth Community Primary School | B− | 44% | 61% |
| Maltby Redwood Academy | B− | 20% | 61% |
| Trinity Croft CofE Primary Academy | C+ | 36% | 60% |
| Rawmarsh Rosehill Junior School | C+ | 45% | 59% |
| Swinton Queen Primary School | C+ | 26% | 59% |
| Bramley Sunnyside Junior School | C+ | 16% | 59% |
| High Greave Junior School | C+ | 67% | 58% |
| Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School | C | 21% | 57% |
| Harthill Primary School | C | 12% | 57% |
| Thrybergh Fullerton Church of England Primary Academy | C | 33% | 56% |
| Aston Lodge Primary School | C | 34% | 56% |
| Aughton Primary Academy | C | 38% | 56% |
| Kilnhurst St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy | C | 28% | 56% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | C | 46% | 55% |
| Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary School | C | 39% | 55% |
| Thornhill Primary School | C | 41% | 54% |
| Rawmarsh Thorogate Junior and Infant School | C | 16% | 54% |
| Whiston Junior and Infant School | C | 18% | 54% |
| Catcliffe Primary School | C | 36% | 54% |
| Brinsworth Manor Junior School | C | 22% | 54% |
| Brookfield Primary Academy | C− | 35% | 53% |
| Monkwood Primary School | C− | 29% | 52% |
| Brinsworth Whitehill Primary School | C− | 19% | 51% |
| Laughton Junior and Infant School | C− | 13% | 51% |
| Maltby Manor Academy | C− | 37% | 50% |
| Rockingham Junior and Infant School | C− | 33% | 50% |
| Broom Valley Community School | C− | 46% | 48% |
| Rawmarsh Ashwood Primary School | C− | 32% | 48% |
| Wath Central Primary School | C− | 28% | 48% |
| Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School | C− | 34% | 48% |
| Meadow View Primary School | C− | 47% | 48% |
| East Dene Primary | D | 59% | 47% |
| Springwood Primary Academy | D | 30% | 45% |
| Crags Community School | D | 65% | 45% |
| Laughton All Saints' CofE Primary School | D | 14% | 45% |
| Anston Brook Primary School | D | 22% | 43% |
| Thrybergh Primary School | D | 62% | 42% |
| Highfield Farm Primary School | D | 61% | 42% |
| Badsley Primary School | D | 58% | 41% |
| Wath Victoria Primary School | D | 42% | 41% |
| Canklow Woods Primary School | D | 62% | 40% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | D− | 37% | 38% |
| St Ann's Primary School | D− | 58% | 38% |
| Eastwood Village Primary School | D− | 80% | 36% |
| Dinnington Community Primary School | D− | 62% | 34% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Maltby) | D− | 40% | 28% |
| Foljambe Primary School | D− | 65% | 19% |
| Ferham Primary School | D− | 71% | 12% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025232 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, February 2024.
Living near Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in S63 7, the school’s postcode sector
Wath upon Dearne property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in S63 7 sell for a little over Wath upon Dearne’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
10 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Wath upon Dearne, S63 7HG
Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School: common questions
Is Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School a good school?
By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 69% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B+), with 69% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, February 2024.
How hard is it to get into Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School?
For September 2026, 27 families put Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 27 places were offered in all.
What is Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (February 2024).
How much do houses cost near Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, S63 7, sold for a median £188,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (290 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Wath upon Dearne’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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