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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 22 October 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 6 May 2015Graded inspection: Good · as St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley, URN 108389
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry41 applications · 15 places offered · 15 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.7; Gateshead median median 2.2
- 2025 2.0; Gateshead median median 2.1
- 2024 1.9; Gateshead median median 2.0
- 2023 3.3; Gateshead median median 1.9
- 2022 2.2; Gateshead median median 2.0
- 2021 2.2; Gateshead median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2020 1.9; Gateshead median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 2.5; Gateshead median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.4; Gateshead median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.7; Gateshead median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 2.3; Gateshead median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Gateshead median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Gateshead median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Gateshead median
Dashed bars: as St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley (URN 108389), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 15 | 41 | 2.7 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 24 | 49 | 2.0 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 25 | 48 | 1.9 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 17 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2022 | 19 | 42 | 2.2 | 18 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 * | 25 | 54 | 2.2 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 58 | 1.9 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 74 | 2.5 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 * | 18 | 44 | 2.4 | 13 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2017 * | 22 | 59 | 2.7 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 68 | 2.3 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 25 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2014 * | 24 | 44 | 1.8 | 20 | 0.83 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, BirtleyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20242.7applications per place
- 0.6 km · GatesheadGraded · no overall grade202576%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · GatesheadGood20242.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · GatesheadStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · GatesheadRemains Good20232.4applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · GatesheadRemains Good20241.3applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Sunderland20261.5applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · SunderlandRemains Good20241.6applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · SunderlandGood20221.6applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 148809 · 390/3325
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 90 pupils · 68 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2021
- Replaced
- St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley (URN 108389)
- Address
- Mitchell Street, Birtley, Chester le Street, DH3 1LU
- Local authority
- Gateshead
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