Junior schools start at Year 3, so children join here from an infant school.
Infant school
St Joseph's Catholic Infants School
This school
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School
Partner infant school
St Joseph's Catholic Infants School
Nursery to Year 2 · next door from St Joseph's Catholic Junior School
Both schools are in St Joseph's Camberwell Catholic Schools' Federation, so one governing body runs them.
View schoolEvery child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at St Joseph's Catholic Infants School.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 20 July 2022
Compared with the local authority and England
The share of pupils reaching the standard expected for their age, and the share going beyond it.
| Measure | School | Southwark | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — expected | 67% | 70% | 63% |
| Reading, writing & maths — higher | 6% | 12% | 8% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — expected | 82% | 79% | 73% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — higher | 36% | 37% | 30% |
A score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 or more is a higher standard.
| Subject | School | Southwark | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 105 | 107 | 106 |
| Maths | 106 | 106 | 105 |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 107 | 107 | 105 |
School workforce census, 2025/26.
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School's last overall grade from Ofsted was Good, on 15 January 2013. Ofsted inspected it again on 20 July 2022 without giving a new overall grade.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Year 3 place starting that September. Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at St Joseph's Catholic Infants School. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day. As a Roman Catholic school it may also ask for a supplementary form, and its admissions policy says whether it does.
No. Distance only counts when St Joseph's Catholic Junior School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its governing body, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. As a Roman Catholic school, it can give priority to children on grounds of faith. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School had 226 pupils aged 7 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 240. It is a mixed school.
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Community school
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Academy sponsor led
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