St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Rowlands Gill, Gateshead
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gateshead Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield is a primary school in Rowlands Gill, Gateshead for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 September 2023. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 6 first-choice applications for 6 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
- For Reception 2026, 3 of the 22 applications (14%) came from families living outside Gateshead, and 1 offer went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gateshead schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Whinfield Way, Highfield, Rowlands Gill, NE39 2JE
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 81 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School are confident, kind and welcoming.”
- “Leaders, staff and governors know their school community well.”
- “Pupils feel happy and safe in school.”
To improve
- “This curriculum planning does not clearly consider how pupils progress in mixed-year classes.”
- “The school’s assessment strategies to check what pupils know and remember are not fully embedded into the teaching sequences.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 80% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 6 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 6 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Gateshead.
- Highfield Community Primary School 0.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rowlands Gill Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- High Spen Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Chopwell Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- West Lane Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenside Primary School 2.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Parkhead Community Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published