St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

In 1864 the Sisters of the Teaching Order of St Joseph of Annecy opened a Roman Catholic 'poor school' in an improvised Roman Catholic Chapel in Monday Market Street.

Early in 1865 the School, with 14 pupils, moved to the new church in St Joseph's Place where the school continued in the Church until 1868.  In that year, one classroom was provided to the west of the Church.  The School has been called St Joseph's since at least 1886 and by 1893 the number of pupils attending had risen to 96.

In 1901 an Infants room was built and from 1904 there was a separate Infants department under a separate Headteacher.  The teaching Sisters lived close to the school and have always done so.

By 1908 there were 59 Infants and 101 Juniors attending the School.  In 1930 a new building, for 240 children was built alongside the existing school.   In 1952 Aided Status was granted and in 1970 the School buildings were further enlarged.  In 2002 the total number of children on roll was 225 and in 2005 work was undertaken to join both parts of the School together to form the building that we have today.