St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

About St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School sits in the Surrey borough of Epsom and Ewell, a local authority with 298 primary schools, 33 of which hold an Outstanding Ofsted rating. Among those, St Joseph’s ranks 17th overall in Surrey, but within Epsom and Ewell itself it comes first out of 12 primaries, placing it in the top 10% of schools locally. Its closest Outstanding neighbour is Stamford Green Primary School and Nursery, just 0.8 km away, while the top-performing peers in the county include South Farnham School, The Raleigh School and Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School. The school is Roman Catholic in character and led by headteacher Tim Hallett. It is oversubscribed by a significant margin: for 60 places in 2025/26, there were 177 applications, with 72 first-preference requests and 60 offers made. That gives an oversubscription ratio of nearly 3:1, reflecting strong local demand. With 427 pupils on roll against a capacity of 420, the school is operating slightly above its intended size, and 9.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals.

Academically, St Joseph’s performs well above the Surrey average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 84% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a local authority average of 66%. At the higher standard, 19% achieved that combined benchmark. In reading, 94% met the expected level and 58% reached the higher standard, with an average score of 111. In maths, 95% met the expected level and 45% reached the higher standard, with an average score of 109. Writing saw 86% at the expected level and 22% at the higher standard. The school’s most recent graded Ofsted inspection, in November 2017, rated it Outstanding overall, with leadership and management and early years provision also Outstanding. An ungraded inspection in December 2023 confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Its previous graded inspection in 2013 had rated it Good, so the improvement to Outstanding has been sustained.

The school offers a range of facilities including an ICT suite, sports hall, forest school area, sensory room, dining hall and a chapel. Sports provision covers rounders, cross country, tennis and football, while clubs include gardening, choir, science club, film club, book club and art club. SEND support is available for pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. There is no nursery or sixth form provision, and the school is not a boarding school. Given its strong academic outcomes, Catholic character and high local demand, St Joseph’s is likely to suit families prioritising a faith-based primary with proven results, particularly those living within the Epsom and Ewell catchment area who can secure a place through the oversubscribed admissions process.

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