St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · North Shields, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.89 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields is a primary school in North Shields, North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 June 2024. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields 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 2025 | 0.89 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception 2025 place lived 0.89 miles away, 12th shortest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance (middle 1.94 miles).
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 15 first-choice applications for 15 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 45% 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 North Tyneside.
- There are 13.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Wallsend Road, Chirton, North Shields, NE29 7BT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 June 2024
Strengths
- “St Joseph’s provides a happy, safe and nurturing environment for pupils.”
- “Pupils appreciate the pastoral support that school provides.”
- “Pupils at St Joseph’s are inquisitive and keen to learn.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ starting points in phonics are generally low, however.”
- “Some curriculums are not as well planned or sequenced.”
- “These curriculums do not identify the key knowledge that pupils should learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 July 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) | 45% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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 North Tyneside.
- Collingwood Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Riverside Primary School 0.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Waterville Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Spring Gardens Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Percy Main Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitehouse Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published