St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley
Primary schoolSt Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley is a primary school in Gateshead, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 105 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 76% of pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Gateshead and 62% in England.
18% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Gateshead | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 18% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Lord Lawson of Beamish AcademySecondary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 45.2 (2025/26, provisional)380 m
- St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, BirtleyPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024580 m
- Ravensworth Terrace Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)720 m
- Portobello Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)870 m
- Barley Mow Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Birtley East Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Gateshead
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).