St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Jarrow, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.704 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow is a primary school in Jarrow, South Tyneside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 October 2023. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow 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 | 0.704 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 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
- 15.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 38.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in South Tyneside.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.704 miles away, the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance and nearer than in 2025.
- Reception entry in 2026 drew 27 first-choice applications for 28 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in South Tyneside.
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
- St Joseph's Way, Hedworth, Jarrow, NE32 4PJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are very proud of their school.”
- “They thrive in its well-ordered environment.”
- “Pupils enjoy the informative and attractive displays.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, the essential knowledge pupils must learn is not as clear to pupils as it needs to be.”
- “In these subjects, some pupils have difficulty learning, and remembering, new content.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 November 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) | 50% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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 South Tyneside.
- Fellgate Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hedworthfield Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hedworth Lane Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Valley View Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bede Burn Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Simonside Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published