SCHOOL PROFILE

St Joseph's College: data, trends and context

St Joseph's College is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
136460
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Region
West Midlands
Trust
THE LAETARE CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
ST4 5NT
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,104
FSM eligible
9.2%
EAL / First language other than English
26.8%
SEND (total)
3.1%
SEN Support
2.4%
EHCP
0.63%
White British
38.0%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
96.5%
Overall absence
3.5%
Persistent absence
5.1%
Severe absence
0.13%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Stoke-on-TrentLocal authority90.7%9.3%4.5%
West MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
4.2%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
3.4%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.09%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
62.4
English & maths grade 5+
77.6%
English & maths grade 4+
91.4%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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St Joseph's College is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.