When parents and children talk about the St. Joseph’s family they usually mean two things: Our school family, which lives and learns together; and also our wider family, which wholeheartedly embraces our parishes and diverse local community.

We seek to live together daily as a loving Catholic family. This means constantly striving to put into practice core values such as respect and care for one another, the giving of trust and the acceptance of responsibility, and the desire to develop each child to their fullest potential. Living by these values has created a unique school environment which is calm, confident and happy.

Our life as a family is nurtured and supported by St.Joseph’s outstanding leadership, recognised in Ofsted and Diocesan inspections: this includes the Head and Deputy’s very active involvement with all children. The school’s excellent and caring staff ensure a continually improving quality of teaching and learning as reflected in the exceptional attainment and progress made by children at St. Joseph’s, details of which can be found in the ‘Performance’ section of this page. Critical to our success is strong parental engagement (see ‘Supporting Your Child At Home’), the broadening and challenging of our children’s horizons (see ‘Curriculum’ and ‘Partnerships’), and the spiritual life of the school, led and nurtured by our two parishes of SS Anselm and Caecelia, and Corpus Christi.