St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley
Ofsted: Good
Score
B74
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Chester le Street, DH3 1LU
- Distance
- 0.6km away
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley
School Street, Birtley, Chester le Street, DH3 2PN
Local ranking28th of 66 primary schools in Gateshead
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
120
Capacity
7-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 June 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 76.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 18.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 94.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 94.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 94.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 17
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 97
- Boys
- 59 (61%)
- Girls
- 38 (39%)
- Capacity
- 120 (81% full)
- SEND
- 20.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.9%
- EAL
- 22.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.1%
- SEN Support
- 16.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,845/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 74.2%
- White Other: 8.3%
- Asian Indian: 4.1%
- Other: 3.1%
- Gypsy/Roma: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Black African: 2.1%
74.2%
White British
8.3%
White Other
4.1%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
School Street
Chester le Street, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 148844
- UKPRN
- 10089559
- Establishment No.
- 3324
- Trust
- BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
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