St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton
Moreton Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 6LLOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton is a primary school in Wirral for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 135 schools in Wirral. It ranks 25th of 47 primary schools in Wirral. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in April 2019.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 16 April 2019, report published 16 May 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 15 October 2024
This is an incredibly happy and welcoming school. Pupils throughout the school are delightful and eager to engage with visitors. They show their kind nature to those around them during their daily lives in school. Children's behaviour is exemplary. They understand the school's high expectations of their behaviour both in lessons and at play. Pupils benefit from staff knowing them very well as individuals. They are confident that if they have any worries, there is always an adult in the school who will listen and help. There are many opportunities in place to broaden pupils' horizons, for example through whole-school trips and events. The school offers numerous extra-curricular clubs and activities such as invitations to go horse riding and on adventure days out. Pupils were excited to share about the wonderful delights that they cook and the sculptures that they made in after-school clubs. Older pupils relish the opportunities that they have to adopt responsibility for their younger peers. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), understand that staff expect them to work hard and produce work of a high quality. They rise to these expectations and achieve well. They enjoy helping and learning from each other.
What the school should improve
- In a small number of subjects, the school is not sufficiently clear about the most important knowledge that pupils should learn and when this content should be taught. On occasion, this prevents pupils from gaining the depth of knowledge that they could. The school should refine the curriculum thinking in these areas so that staff are more knowledgeable about how to design effective learning for pupils.
- Occasionally, the checks that the school makes on pupils' learning do not identify gaps in pupils' knowledge sufficiently well. This means that some pupils move through the curriculum with gaps in their learning that are not addressed before new concepts are introduced. The school should ensure that staff know how to check pupils' learning effectively and to ensure that it is secure before moving onto new concepts.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
44 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
198 pupils on roll, with places for 225
Schools near St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overchurch Infant School | 0.3 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | Not published |
| Overchurch Junior School | 0.3 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | 56% met the expected standard |
| Brookdale Primary School | 0.8 miles | Ofsted: Good | 69% met the expected standard |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | 0.9 miles | Ofsted: Good | 48% met the expected standard |
| Manor Primary School | 0.9 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | 56% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Marrin
- Phone
- 01516773970
- Address
- Moreton Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 6LL
- Local authority
- Wirral
- URN
- 105068
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.