Berwick Hills Primary SchoolSt Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Middlesbrough.

Summary of the comparison

Berwick Hills Primary School and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Middlesbrough.

  • Berwick Hills Primary School scores 43 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Berwick Hills Primary School was judged Good and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 40.0% for Berwick Hills Primary School and 64.0% for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Berwick Hills Primary School (44.0% in 2022-23, 40.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (64.0% in 2022-23, 64.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Berwick Hills Primary School versus St Joseph's Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure MiddlesbroughBerwick Hills Primary SchoolMiddlesbroughSt Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD43/100C67/100Stronger figure
Local ranking33rd of 41 in Middlesbrough 9th of 41 in Middlesbrough Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeFoundation school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll346 398
Capacity315 444
LocationMiddlesbrough, TS3 7QH Middlesbrough, TS4 2NT
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard40.0% 64.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard2.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score100.0 106.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score99.0 104.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census346 398
Free school meals (ever 6)72.0% 35.7%
English as an additional language7.8% 17.6%
SEN support23.4% 12.6%
SEN with an EHC plan2.0% 2.8%
Attendance
Overall absence5.9% 4.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence21.9% 13.2% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Berwick Hills Primary School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

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