St Joseph's Catholic College
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Swindon
Ocotal Way, Swindon, SN3 3LR
70
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.0%
21.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,425
Capacity used
Over capacity106%
1,350 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
232 of 232 families who put it first got an offer
268
Places offered
417
Total applications
1.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 232 | 232 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 123 | 30 | ● 24% |
| 3rd preference | 62 | 6 | ● 10% |
| Total | 417 | 268 | 64% |
1st preference success by year
Swindon lets families list 3 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jerry Giles
- Address
- Ocotal Way, Swindon, SN3 3LR
- Phone
- 01793714200
- Local authority
- Swindon
- Ward / constituency
- Broadgreen · Swindon South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136980
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 21% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 28% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC COLLEGE
1,425 pupils · 1,350 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
08 November 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,462 pupils
Attendance
92.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
21.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 49.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.37 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 50% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 68% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.18 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 38 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 27.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 48.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 7.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.22 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 278 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 261 | 10% | 38% | 59% | |
| English Language | 261 | 8% | 36% | 50% | |
| English Literature | 260 | 10% | 42% | 59% | |
| Religious Studies | 255 | 17% | 40% | 51% | |
| Combined Science | 196 | 3% | 27% | 47% | |
| Geography | 164 | 10% | 34% | 49% | |
| Business | 143 | 4% | 27% | 44% | |
| History | 65 | 6% | 32% | 37% | |
| Social Studies | 65 | 11% | 26% | 43% | |
| Biology | 63 | 24% | 86% | 95% | |
| Physics | 61 | 25% | 82% | 95% | |
| Chemistry | 61 | 41% | 87% | 97% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Swindon council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.