St Joseph's RC Infant School
St Joseph's RC Infant School is a primary school in London for ages 3 to 7.
Practise what St Joseph's RC Infant School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order St Joseph's RC Infant School teaches it, where its maps give one. English keeps to the usual order for their year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Pupils
- 154
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Admissions
- Not selective
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Address
- Crown Dale, London, SE19 3NX
- Phone
- 02086 702385
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What Ofsted found
Full inspection, June 2024.
- Overall effectiveness: St Joseph's RC Infant School continues to be a good school.
- Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
- Inspectors found that pupils behave calmly in lessons and know the routines expected of them.
- Inspectors found that some foundation subjects have recent curriculum changes that are not yet embedded, so some pupils do not build securely on prior learning.
Our summary of Ofsted's report. Read the full reports on Ofsted's website. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What each year group is learning
From St Joseph's RC Infant School's curriculum maps.
ReceptionAutumn and Spring and Summer and Spring 2 and Summer 1
- Maths
- Sorting, matching and comparing objects and talking about measures and patterns. Recognising and naming circles, triangles and shapes with 4 sides. Counting and number work to 20 and beyond, including sharing and grouping. Exploring 3-D shapes and comparing mass, capacity, length, height and time
- Science
- Living things and classifications. Energy and light. Evolution and inheritance. Circuits. Circulation and health
- History
- Things that happened before children were born and how things have grown and changed. Comparing and contrasting characters and stories from the past in traditional tales
- Art
- Drawing marks and making marks. Painting and mixed media with paint. Sculpture and 3D creation
- Music
- Musical concepts: pitch and duration. Playing tuned and untuned instruments musically
Year 1Autumn 1 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Spring 2 and Summer 2 and Autumn and Spring and Summer
- Maths
- Multiplication, division, fractions, position and direction, money and time
- Science
- Seasonal changes. Material properties. Animals and sensitive bodies. Comparing animals. Introduction to plants
- History
- How toys have changed over time. How explorers have changed the world
- Art
- Drawing marks and making marks. Painting and mixed media with colour. Structure and 3D with paper
Year 2Autumn 1 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 2 and Summer 2 and Autumn and Spring and Summer
- Maths
- Place value, addition and subtraction and shape. Money, multiplication and division, length, height and mass, capacity and temperature. Fractions, time, statistics and position and direction
- Science
- Living things and microhabitats. Uses of materials. Animals and life cycles. Plants and plant growth. Plant-based materials
- History
- How school was different in the past. How people learned to fly. What a monarch is
- Art
- Drawing to tell a story. Craft and design with maps. Sculpture and 3D with clay
Year 3Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 1 and Spring 2 and Summer 1 and Summer 2 and Autumn and Spring and Summer
- Maths
- Multiplication and division, length and perimeter and fractions
- Writing
- Writing a letter that includes a narrative told in 1st person. Writing a poem. Using inverted commas to show direct speech. Writing a set of instructions on how to make apple tarts. Writing an explanation text. Writing a non-chronological report
- Science
- Movement and nutrition. Forces and magnets. Rocks and soil. Light and shadows. Plant reproduction
- History
- Ancient Egyptian scrolls in craft and design. Life in the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. What the ancient Egyptians believed. Why the Romans settled in Britain
- Art
- Drawing and growing as artists. Painting and mixed media on prehistoric themes
Year 4Autumn 2 and Autumn 1 and Summer 2 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Autumn and Spring and Summer
- Maths
- Area, decimals and statistics. Decimals, money, time, shape and statistics
- Reading
- Reading comprehension through class texts such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Writing
- Writing a persuasive letter inviting an author into school. Writing a playscript about The Plague. Writing a poem after reading Still I Rise
- Science
- Digestion and food. Electricity and circuits. States of matter. Sound and vibrations. Classification
- History
- How children's lives have changed over time. How hard it was to invade and settle in Britain. Whether Vikings were raiders, traders or settlers
- Art
- Drawing with printmaking. Sculpture and 3D with large-scale forms. Painting and mixed media with light
Year 5Autumn 1 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 2 and Summer 2 and Autumn and Spring and Summer
- Maths
- Converting units and calculating volume
- Science
- Materials, mixtures and separation. Material properties and changes. Space. Life cycles of living things. Unbalanced forces
- History
- What the Greeks did for us. The impact of World War 2 on the people of Britain. What life was like in Tudor Britain
- Art
- Painting and mixed media with self portraits. Craft and design with architecture. Sculpture and 3D with interactive installations
Year 6Autumn 2 and Spring 2 and Summer 1 and Summer 2 and Autumn 1 and Spring 1 and Autumn and Spring and Summer
- Maths
- Ratio, algebra, decimals and percentages. Solving problems through themed projects and consolidation
- English
- Writing narrative poems using figurative language. Writing slam poetry about environmental issues. Writing a book review on Girl of Ink and Stars. Writing a horror story based on The Boy in the Tower. Writing an autobiography. Writing a play script based on The Taming of the Shrew. Writing a letter to a new teacher. Learning grammar such as fronted adverbials, subordinating conjunctions and expanded noun phrases. Learning punctuation such as hyphens, colons, semi-colons and dashes. Learning about tenses, cohesion and formal and informal language
- History
- Nelson Mandela and South Africa
- Art
- Painting and mixed media through an artist study. Sculpture and 3D giving voice to ideas. Drawing to make memories
Read from the school's maps on 10 November 2026: Art, History, Maths, Music, Science, Year 3, Year 4,, Year 6.
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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 101803. Checked 9 November 2026.
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Help your child with what St Joseph's RC Infant School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order the school teaches it, English in the usual order for their year, with a weekly view of what they have mastered.