St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Validation reports

The Diocese of Portsmouth validates the school in all areas of RE and the Catholic life of the school.

In November 2016 St Joseph's was judged to be outstanding overall and in all four areas of the validation:

The school as a Catholic community

Curriculum RE

Spiritual and moral development

Leadership and management

We are very proud of our staff, children and parents for their commitment to our school vision, Religious Education and our Catholic faith.

Please see below some extracts frm the report. 

2016 Validation Report

• The school’s vision to ‘Welcome all and value Christ in everyone, whilst seeking the highest possible achievements’ permeates the life of the school, with all members of the community taking an active part in living out this mission.
• Leaders provide a very strong and highly effective model of Christian leadership, where all are valued. They inspire the community to share in a strong sense of vision and mission, resulting in a highly collaborative and successful school with a positive ethos.

• The school is proud of its Catholic heritage and regularly gives a visible Christian witness, through its charitable works and its religious processions through the local area.
• Spiritual development is outstanding.   Pupils are provided with a wide range of spiritual opportunities. The provision of The Well and the Spiritual Garden enhance this provision still further. Their availability to the wider community is a positive sign of Christian outreach.
• The overwhelming majority of parents are supportive of the school and its mission.

• Pupils make outstanding progress and achieve highly in religious education (RE). When the pupils leave St Joseph’s standards in RE are above national expectations.
• Teaching of RE is of a consistently good standard, with many elements of outstanding practice.
• Pupils demonstrated a very positive attitude to learning in the lessons observed. Regular pupil surveys show that they have a high regard for their school. The children spoken with on the day commented on how what they learn in RE and the Gospels helps them in their day to day lives.
• Leadership of RE is outstanding. The commitment of the RE team, particularly the RE co-ordinator and deputy, to continually review practice and develop it further is a key strength.
• Moral development is outstanding. The children in the school demonstrate outstanding behaviour and Christian attitudes.

• St Joseph’s is pro-active in recruiting and training teachers for our Catholic schools and in nurturing and developing them as potential future leaders within our diocesan family.

Please see below the  full 2012 and 2016 reports.