School profile
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley
School Street, Birtley, Chester le Street, County Durham, DH3 2PN
Overview
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley is a state-funded school (academy converter) in Chester le Street, North East, for pupils aged 7–11. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Academy converter
- Establishment group
- Academies
- Phase of education
- Primary
- Age range
- Ages 7–11
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- No
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- School capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 105
- URN
- 148844
Admissions
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Academy trust or group
- BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.
School places
DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)
- Capacity at survey date
- 119
- Pupils on roll
- 97
- Unfilled places at survey date
- 22
A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data
Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
Primary
2024/25 results
Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard
- School
- 76%
- England
- 62%
Pupils included: 17
Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard
- School
- 18%
- England
- 8%
Pupils included: 17
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 24 June 2025 · Published 23 July 2025
Original education inspection framework (September 2024 to November 2025)
Ofsted did not give schools an overall effectiveness grade during this inspection period. The judgements Ofsted did publish are shown below.
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.
Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- School Street, Birtley, Chester le Street, County Durham, DH3 2PN
- Local authority
- Gateshead
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