St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Benwell
Ofsted: Good
Score
B70
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 6JB
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Bridgewater Primary School
Bridgewater, Delaval Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 6NL
Local ranking38th of 72 primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
472
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 64.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 9.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 58
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 464
- Boys
- 240 (52%)
- Girls
- 224 (48%)
- Capacity
- 472 (98% full)
- SEND
- 36.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 55.1%
- EAL
- 52.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.7%
- SEN Support
- 31.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,371/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 45.5%
- Mixed Other: 13.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 8.6%
- White Other: 6.7%
- Black African: 5.2%
- Asian Indian: 5.0%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 5.0%
- Other: 3.5%
45.5%
White British
13.6%
Mixed Other
8.6%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Bridgewater
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 108466
- UKPRN
- 10075854
- Establishment No.
- 2210
- Trust
- West End Schools Trust
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