St Joseph's Catholic Infant School
St Joseph's Catholic Infant School is a converter academy in Aylesbury for boys and girls aged 2 to 7. It has 213 pupils, 33 more than it has places for. About 15 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.
Hazell Avenue, Aylesbury, HP21 7JF01296 484618stjosephsrcinfant.bucks.sch.ukMrs Joanna Heritage headteacherAll details
Ofsted
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Results
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Getting a place
Admissions policy not published. As a Roman Catholic school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.
Fewer than one place in twenty is empty, so in most years more families apply than there are places. Living close by, or already having a child here, makes a real difference. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Buckinghamshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (13), language and communications needs (12), Moderate learning difficulty (1), Physical disability (1), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 213 | 215 | 225 | 229 | 175 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 14% | 13% | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 47% | 48% | 51% | 49% | 49% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 10% | 8% | 6% | 11% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.2% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.8% | 6.3% | 7.8% | 6.4% | 5.1% | 3.9% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.9% | 5.2% | 6.9% | 5.7% | 4.7% | 3.5% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.4% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 12.6% | 18.3% | 30.5% | 18.6% | 15.7% | 7.9% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
† These attendance figures are for St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, the school this one replaced in October 2021. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Edward's Catholic Junior School | Academy | 120 m | 256 | Not inspected | 91 | Compare |
| Turnfurlong Infant School | Foundation | 340 m | 306 | Good 2023 | 25 | Compare |
| Turnfurlong Junior School | Foundation | 340 m | 415 | Outstanding 2023 | 84 | Compare |
| Broughton Junior School | Council | 600 m | 250 | Good 2022 | 79 | Compare |
| Broughton Community Schools (Infants) | Council | 760 m | 176 | Report card 2026 | 16 | Compare |
| Bedgrove Junior School | Academy | 950 m | 479 | Good 2023 | 59 | Compare |
| Bedgrove Infant School | Foundation | 0.7 miles | 449 | No overall grade 2025 | 94 | Compare |
| William Harding School | Council | 0.7 miles | 798 | Good 2022 | 64 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St Joseph's Catholic Infant School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score St Joseph's Catholic Infant School yet.
How many pupils does St Joseph's Catholic Infant School have?
213 pupils aged 2 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 180 places, so it is 118% full.
Is St Joseph's Catholic Infant School oversubscribed?
Often. Fewer than one place in twenty was empty in 2024/25, so popular year groups fill up.
What is attendance like at St Joseph's Catholic Infant School?
Pupils were in school 95.2% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 13% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at St Joseph's Catholic Infant School?
The average class had 28.3 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Hazell Avenue, Aylesbury, HP21 7JF
- Telephone
- 01296 484618
- Website
- www.stjosephsrcinfant.bucks.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanna Heritage
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 2-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic, Diocese of Northampton
- Multi-academy trust
- St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust (18 schools)
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Ward
- Aylesbury South East
- Constituency
- Aylesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 October 2021 (academy converter)
- URN
- 148672 · LAESTAB 8253372 · UKPRN 10088916
- Formerly
- St Joseph's Catholic Infant School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.