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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Rutland Street, Sunderland SR4 6HY · stjosephssunderland.school · 0191 510 8484
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 90%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Sunderland 66%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 247
- 80% of 310 places
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 10.8%
- First language not English
- 50.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 41 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 73% 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 | 30 | 41 | 1.4▲ | 73% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 42 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 39 | 1.3▲ | 74% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 39 | 1.3▲ | 77% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 48 | 1.6▲ | 63% |
Results
In 2024/25, 90% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 28% the higher standard. Across Sunderland it was 66%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲90% | 62% | ||
| ▲28% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲113 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 108841)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland was: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 108841), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108841)
Before September 2019
Mar 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108841)
Nov 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108841)
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 32
- 12% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied