St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blackhall
About the school
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blackhall is an open primary school in County Durham.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 21 January 2025
- Published
- 13 March 2025
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- Improved significantly
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 85%
- County Durham
- 62%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 23%
- County Durham
- 8%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 85%
- County Durham
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 85%
- County Durham
- 73%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 85%
- County Durham
- 73%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 85%
- County Durham
- 72%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 62%
- County Durham
- 27%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 85%
- County Durham
- 80%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 116
- County Durham
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 111
- County Durham
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 112
- County Durham
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
65
Girls
52.31%
Boys
47.69%
SEN support
23.08%
Education, health and care plan
1.54%
English as an additional language
7.70%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
32.31%
Overall absence
4.15
Persistent absence
11.29