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St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Academy
Mitchell Street, Birtley, Chester le Street DH3 1LU · stjosephcatholicschoolsbirtley.org · 0191 410 2324
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Gateshead Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 68
- 76% of 90 places
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Free school meals
- 16.2%
- First language not English
- 25%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Gateshead Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 15 families put the school first and 15 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 16 | 17 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 19 | 18 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 22 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jul 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 108389), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108389)
May 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108389)
Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108389)