St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields
About the school
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields is an open primary school in North Tyneside.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 18 June 2024
- Published
- 7 July 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 45%
- North Tyneside
- 63%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- North Tyneside
- 8%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 68%
- North Tyneside
- 78%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 55%
- North Tyneside
- 73%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 58%
- North Tyneside
- 75%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 65%
- North Tyneside
- 75%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 23%
- North Tyneside
- 29%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 71%
- North Tyneside
- 84%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 103
- North Tyneside
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 101
- North Tyneside
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 103
- North Tyneside
- 106
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
216
Girls
53.24%
Boys
46.76%
SEN support
28.70%
Education, health and care plan
0.93%
English as an additional language
12.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
60.71%
Overall absence
6.38
Persistent absence
22.1