St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Wareham · Dorset
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About St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary academy in Wareham, Dorset. View current jobs, teaching vacancies and school support roles posted by the school.
PLYMOUTH CAST is a Multi-academy trust. The trust operates 34 member schools: 32 primary schools, 2 secondary schools. Local authorities: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | Cornwall | Devon | Dorset | Plymouth | Torbay. Regions: South West. — from the PLYMOUTH CAST public record.
St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary academy in Wareham, Dorset, part of PLYMOUTH CAST. It has no live vacancies on SchoolJobs right now.
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School information
- Official name
- St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
- Address
- Folly Lane, Wool
- Postcode
- BH20 6DS
- Country
- England
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Dorset
- URN (official identifier)
- 140770
- Establishment number
- 3401
- School status
- Open
- Education phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11 years
- Gender intake
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Number of pupils
- 81
- As of November 2026
- Capacity
- 210
- School type
- Academy (converter)
- Governance
- Academy
- Academy trust
- PLYMOUTH CAST
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Headteacher
- Mr Francis McDonnell
- Ofsted inspection
- Requires improvement · Inspected 21 Feb 2024Source: Ofsted management information · 30 Sep 2026 · Open Government Licence v3.0
- Official website
- www.smsjwool.dorset.sch.uk
- Telephone
- 01929462565
- Date opened
- 1 Apr 2014
Source: get-information-schools.service.gov.uk . Official data last refreshed November 2026.
Pupils at St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
| 2025/26 | This school | Dorset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils | 81 | 46,354 | 8,355,420 |
| Eligible for free school meals | 13.6% | 20.3% | 26.5% |
| SEN support | 18.5% | 15.3% | 14.6% |
| Education, health and care plan (EHCP) | 3.7% | 6.6% | 5.9% |
| First language other than English (EAL) | 4.9% | 5.6% | 21.6% |
Local authority and England figures are calculated from the same DfE school-level files across state-funded schools.
Source: Department for Education, Schools, pupils and their characteristics and Special educational needs in England , academic year 2025/26. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted inspection history
6 published inspections for St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, including inspections of the school it replaced.
· Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1
Read report- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
Report published 8 May 2025
· Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Read reportOverall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Early years provision
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Report published 24 Apr 2024
· Exempt School Inspection
Read reportOverall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Early years provision
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Report published 25 Feb 2020
· S5 Inspection
Read reportInspected as St Mary's Catholic First School, Wool (URN 113824)
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Pupils' achievement
- Outstanding
- Quality of teaching
- Outstanding
- Early years provision
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Outstanding
Report published 4 Nov 2011
· S5 Inspection
Read reportInspected as St Mary's Catholic First School, Wool (URN 113824)
Overall effectiveness: Good
- Pupils' achievement
- Good
- Quality of teaching
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Outstanding
Report published 22 May 2009
· S5 Inspection
Read reportInspected as St Mary's Catholic First School, Wool (URN 113824)
Overall effectiveness: Satisfactory
- Pupils' achievement
- Satisfactory
- Quality of teaching
- Satisfactory
- Early years provision
- Satisfactory
- Leadership and management
- Satisfactory
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Good
Report published 11 Sept 2006
Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (files from 2005 to the latest monthly release; data checked 6 Nov 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Pupil absence at St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
| 2025/26 (autumn and spring term) | This school | Dorset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence (sessions missed) | 4.7% | 5.4% | 5.1% |
| Persistent absence (pupils missing 10%+) | 13.9% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
Local authority and England figures are for state-funded primary schools in the same release.
Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England , 2025/26 autumn and spring terms. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Pupil premium at St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Deprivation pupil premium allocation for 2026 to 2027: £15,500 for 10 eligible pupils.
| Financial year 2026-27 | This school | Dorset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils eligible | 12.2% | 21.0% | 27.7% |
| Allocation per pupil on roll | £189 | £276 | £370 |
Deprivation pupil premium only; service child and looked-after children premiums are not published per school. Local authority and England figures use the same file.
Source: Department for Education, Pupil premium allocations 2026 to 2027 (September 2026) . Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
School finances at St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
2024/25 academic year (academy accounts return) · Primary · 116 pupils. Excludes the trust's central costs.
| This school | Dorset average (per pupil · % of spend) | England average (per pupil · % of spend) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £832,000 £7,172 per pupil | £6,978 | £7,179 |
| Total spending | £923,000 £7,957 per pupil | £6,741 | £6,721 |
| Teaching staff | £587,000 £5,060 per pupil · 63.6% | £3,076 · 45.6% | £3,211 · 47.8% |
| Education support staff | £0 £0 per pupil · 0.0% | £1,329 · 19.7% | £1,313 · 19.5% |
| Supply and agency staff | £0 £0 per pupil · 0.0% | £323 · 4.8% | £203 · 3.0% |
| …of which agency supply | £0 £0 per pupil · 0.0% | £81 · 1.2% | £160 · 2.4% |
| In-year balance | −£91,000 | ||
| Revenue reserve | £114,000 | ||
Previous year (2023/24): spending £6,606 per pupil, supply and agency £0 per pupil — spending up £1,351 per pupil on 2023/24.
Finance data is from the official return for that year and may not reflect the school's current position. Averages are pupil-weighted and use the same return, year and phase.
Full detail on DfE's Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool · Local authority finance averages
Source: Department for Education, Academies Accounts Return 2024/25 via FBIT data sources, checked 6 Nov 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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