St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.416 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland is a primary school in Sunderland for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 15 January 2025. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland 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 | 0.416 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 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 2025 place lived 0.416 miles away, nearer than in 2024 and 3rd shortest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 41 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 11 first-choice families (27%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 90% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 28% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 26.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sunderland.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sunderland schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rutland Street, Sunderland, SR4 6HY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 247 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 15 January 2025
Strengths
- “This welcoming school has the very highest academic expectations of its pupils.”
- “By the end of key stage 2, pupils achieve standards in reading, writing and mathematics that are well above the national average.”
- “Pupils love learning at St Joseph’s.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 February 2025 (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) | 90% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Sunderland.
- Diamond Hall Junior Academy 0.1 mi School remains Good
- Diamond Hall Infant Academy 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barnes Infant Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barnes Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Highfield Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Richard Avenue Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Southwick Community Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published