St Joseph's Catholic Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Hebburn, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.124 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Academy is a secondary school in Hebburn, South Tyneside for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2022. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Academy 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.124 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 0.124 miles away, shortest of the 8 South Tyneside secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2022, and was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 drew 261 first-choice applications for 246 offers; 233 went to first-choice families, and 28 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Of the 409 applications for Year 7 in 2026, 126 came from families living outside South Tyneside, and 62 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other South Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Mill Lane, Hebburn, NE31 2ET
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 1,377 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 September 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders have improved the school.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), benefit from studying an ambitious curriculum and from having dedicated lessons that help them to develop as individuals.”
- “The school experience, built around a strong Catholic ethos, prepares pupils and students well for their future.”
To improve
- “However, some teachers do not then follow this up to make absolutely sure that pupils have understood and are ready to move on with their learning.”
- “However, leaders have not taken suitable steps to fully assure themselves that pupils remember the important knowledge that they gain from personal, social and health education (PSHE) lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.5 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 261 first-preference applications, 246 offers in total, 233 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in South Tyneside.
- Hebburn Comprehensive School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Jarrow School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Boldon School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's RC College 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mortimer Community College 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harton Academy 4.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitburn Church of England Academy 6.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published