St Joseph's Catholic Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · Buckinghamshire
Hazell Avenue, Aylesbury, HP21 7JF
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.2%
12.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
213
Capacity used
Over capacity118%
180 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
42 of 42 families who put it first got an offer
58
Places offered
106
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 42 | 42 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 29 | 4 | ● 14% |
| 3rd preference | 15 | 4 | ● 27% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 20 | 1 | ● 5% |
| Total | 106 | 51 | 48% |
1st preference success by year
Buckinghamshire lets families list 6 preferences. 1 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.
Last distance offered
From Buckinghamshire council's allocation report on offer day. It changes every year, so treat it as a guide.
September 2026 entry
No limit
Everyone who applied got in
60 places
All applicants offered
September 2025 entry
No limit
Everyone who applied got in
60 places
All applicants offered
Currently available for Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Enfield schools, from council allocation reports. Distances are straight-line from home to school.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Joanna Heritage
- Address
- Hazell Avenue, Aylesbury, HP21 7JF
- Phone
- 01296484618
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Ward / constituency
- Aylesbury South East · Aylesbury
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 148672
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 15% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 51% | — | — |
| SEN support | 8% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST THOMAS CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST
213 pupils · 180 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
08 May 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 127 pupils
Attendance
95.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
4.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
12.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.9%
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.
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 Buckinghamshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
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.