Secondary
St Joseph's Catholic College
Ocotal Way, Swindon, SN3 3LR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1425 of 1350 places
- Local authority
- Swindon
- Religious character
- Yes
- SEN provision
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC COLLEGE
- Diocese
- Diocese of Clifton
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2023
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
28%
38.0
10th of 15 by our score, among the secondary schools in Swindon we can score - 18 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 38 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.22 |
| Entered the EBacc | 8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51% |
| 22/23 | 43% |
| 23/24 | 50% |
| 24/25 | 28% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.01 |
| 22/23 | -0.06 |
| 23/24 | +0.37 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 50.6 |
| 22/23 | 47.0 |
| 23/24 | 49.1 |
| 24/25 | 38.0 |
Ocotal Way, Swindon, SN3 3LR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Swindon admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Jerry Giles
- Address
- Ocotal Way, Swindon, SN3 3LR
- Telephone
- 01793714200