St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Middlesbrough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.287 miles
Published by Middlesbrough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Middlesbrough for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 23 October 2024. Middlesbrough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 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 | 1.287 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.287 miles away, the 15th longest of 41 Middlesbrough primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.92 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2022, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 58 first-choice applications for 60 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Middlesbrough schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2NT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Middlesbrough
- Pupils on roll
- 404 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 23 October 2024
Strengths
- “St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School is a happy and caring community.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are a strength.”
- “Staff are consistent in modelling behaviour and setting routines.”
To improve
- “However, the school is less successful in developing pupils’ writing skills.”
- “There are gaps in pupils’ knowledge of spelling, grammar and punctuation, which means their writing often contains errors.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 2024 (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) | 64% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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 Middlesbrough.
- Breckon Hill Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Abingdon Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Berwick Hills Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Beech Grove Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ayresome Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Lift North Ormesby 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published