St. Joseph’s College is a mixed Roman Catholic 11–18 school in Trent Vale, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. The school is based around a Grade II listed building which was previously a residential property before it was bought by the Christian Brothers in 1931. The school was founded by the Irish Christian Brothers in 1932 as an all-boys school. It moved into the present buildings in 1936, and was recognised as by the Board of Education in the following year. St Joseph's was a direct grant grammar school until the eleven plus was abolished in Stoke in 1967, after which the grant was gradually phased out. The school re-opened as a fully independent school in 1980, and in the following years began to admit girls. After many years as a Preparatory and Senior School, the Preparatory School split off to form a new independent school elsewhere on the site, while the High School became a state-maintained grammar school, which it remains to this day. The school achieved Science College status in 2004. Applicants to the school are required to take an entrance examination.