SJSSt Joseph's College 11+ admissions

• St Joseph's College 11+ assessment

  School-specific assessment · The current policy and school page do not name an external test provider. Do not assume GL Assessment sets the test because the school links to GL familiarisation material. · The current Year 7 FAQ describes two multiple-choice papers: verbal reasoning (50 minutes) and non-verbal reasoning (40 minutes). The page does not explicitly establish online versus paper delivery for the normal September 2027-entry test; its computer-based wording is in the separate in-year section.

  The entrance standard is an age-adjusted average of 105; scores of 103 or 104 are re-marked. Meeting the standard does not guarantee a place. If more than 150 qualify, the policy applies its oversubscription categories, faith and Pupil Premium rules, then distance and random tie-breaks where specified. No further reference to test scores is used when offering places under those criteria. The separate 2026/27 additional-place trial does not permanently increase PAN.

  Check the official test registration page

Eligibility

Applicants must apply through their home local authority, complete the school's supplementary application and sit the selective entrance test; Catholic-priority applicants must provide baptism and Catholic Practice evidence.

Score policy

Applicants must reach the required selective standard in the entrance assessment; eligible applicants are ranked under the published oversubscription criteria and reaching the standard does not guarantee a place.

Oversubscription

Children whose EHC plan names the College are admitted. Qualified applicants then follow the policy's ordered categories: Catholic looked-after or previously looked-after children; Catholic siblings; Catholic children of staff; other Catholic applicants (categories 1-4 capped at 125); non-Catholic looked-after or previously looked-after children; Christian siblings; Christian children of staff; other Christians (normally limited to 18, with unused Catholic places transferred as specified); non-Christian siblings; non-Christian children of staff; then other non-Christian or no-faith applicants. Within categories 8-11, Pupil Premium applicants are prioritised before distance. Catholic applicants are ranked using baptism and Catholic Practice evidence, with Pupil Premium ordering within the defined group. Straight-line distance breaks category ties; random allocation applies if distance cannot separate applicants, with the multiple-birth exception stated in the policy.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Use the admissions summary and current policy to check any priority-area rules. This page does not provide an address eligibility check for this school.

DfE preferences and offers at National Offer Day. A child can appear at several schools or through more than one recorded route at the same school. These figures describe past demand and do not predict an offer.

School identifiers are joined across documented predecessor links. Missing and suppressed values stay unpublished. Latest dataset: September 2026 entry. Checked 2026-10-24.

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• Department for Education: School level secondary and primary applications and offers 2026 (AppsandOffers_2026_SchoolLevel29062026.csv)
• Department for Education: Get Information about Schools all establishments CSV (edubasealldata20261001.csv)
• Department for Education: Get Information about Schools establishment links CSV (links_edubasealldata20261001.csv)

These subjects are verified for the linked school-specific assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.

• Verbal Reasoning
• Non-Verbal Reasoning

1. 1. St Joseph’s College entrance test

   The policy requires an age-adjusted average score of 105 across the tests and says scores of 103 or 104 are re-marked. It gives the registration deadline and the 15-17 September 2026 sitting dates, but does not name the provider or component subjects.

Registration opens

GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.

Registration deadline

2 September 2026

Test date options

15 September 2026, 16 September 2026, 17 September 2026

Published CAF date

31 October 2026

National Offer Day

1 March 2027

Apply through the council where your child lives, even if this school is in another area. Check your home council's on-time application deadline before relying on the date shown here. Read the government's application guidance.

Shared assessment dates are in the 11+ dates calendar. To decide where this school goes on the application form, use the school application order planner.

St Joseph's College is a state-funded school, so there is no tuition fee for a Year 7 place. Uniform and optional activities can have separate costs. Check the Department for Education school record and the GOV.UK guide to state schools for the funding rule. The school can confirm current uniform and activity costs.

Inspection outcomes are maintained separately and are not present in current GIAS downloads.

1. Open state-funded school fields CSV

   Department for Education. Accessed 21 October 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 20 October 2026.

2. Open state-funded school fields CSV, 24 October 2026

   Department for Education. Accessed 24 October 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 24 October 2026.

3. ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract

   Office for National Statistics. Accessed 21 October 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026; candidate-school postcodes queried 21 October 2026.

4. Admission Arrangements for 2027/28

   St Joseph's College. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

5. Admission Arrangements for 2027/28

   St Joseph's College. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

6. Admissions and Year 7 entrance test FAQ

   St Joseph's College. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.