St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary school in Newton Abbot, Devon. Requires improvement (Dec 2023).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 6 December 2023, report published 28 January 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around June 2026
The last inspection was in December 2023. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.3 milesHighweek Community Primary and Nursery School
Good (Mar 2023)
- 0.5 milesBradley Barton Primary School and Nursery Unit
School remains Good (Feb 2023)
- 0.6 milesWolborough Church of England Nursery and Primary School
Not inspected yet
- 0.7 milesBearnes Voluntary Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Dec 2024)
- 0.9 milesAll Saints Marsh CofE Academy
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jul 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.