# St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley

St 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.

Primary school. Code E148844. [Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 7 to 11
- Pupils: 105
- Council: Gateshead
- URN: 148844

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lord-lawson-of-beamish-academy-e137942): 380 m. Secondary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 45.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-infant-school-birtley-e148809): 580 m. Primary. Standards maintained, October 2024
- [Ravensworth Terrace Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ravensworth-terrace-primary-school-e108333): 720 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Portobello Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/portobello-primary-school-e108336): 870 m. Primary. School remains Good, October 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Barley Mow Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/barley-mow-primary-school-e108373): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, February 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Birtley East Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birtley-east-community-primary-school-e108337): 1.4 km. Primary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/148844)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148844)

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