St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow
Jarrow, NE32 4PJ · South Tyneside local authority
Jarrow’s School Grade C better than 30% of towns in England
What stands out about St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow
- Its own letter, B+: Key Stage 2 results better than 66% of England’s primary schools
- 68% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6 points above England’s schools
- Over capacity: 230 pupils for 210 places
- Ofsted: Good, October 2023 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (27 of 27)
- Homes in its postcode sector (NE32 4) sold for a median £145,000; Jarrow’s is £150,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 68%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 66% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · South Tyneside avg 65%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 104, maths 102 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through South Tyneside council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
100% got their first choice
Jarrow and South Tyneside, side by side
2023–2025All 40 graded primaries in South Tyneside. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Jarrow’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biddick Hall Junior School | A+ | 66% | 89% |
| Cleadon Church of England Academy | A | 2% | 78% |
| Stanhope Primary School | A | 52% | 76% |
| East Boldon Junior School | A− | 10% | 75% |
| Forest View Primary | A− | 52% | 75% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | A− | 39% | 75% |
| Dunn Street Primary School | A− | 64% | 75% |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) | A− | 62% | 74% |
| St Aloysius Catholic Junior School Academy | A− | 16% | 74% |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields | A− | 16% | 73% |
| Harton Primary School | A− | 38% | 71% |
| Hedworth Lane Primary School | B+ | 25% | 70% |
| Marsden Primary School | B+ | 25% | 70% |
| St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School | B+ | 38% | 70% |
| St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow | B+ | 10% | 69% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow | B+ | 17% | 68% |
| St James' Catholic Primary School, Hebburn | B | 22% | 67% |
| St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields | B | 40% | 67% |
| Laygate Community School | B | 65% | 66% |
| Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School | B | 35% | 66% |
| Sea View Primary School | B | 56% | 66% |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow | B | 32% | 65% |
| Whitburn Village Primary School | B | 10% | 65% |
| Hedworthfield Primary School | B− | 60% | 64% |
| Westoe Crown Primary School | B− | 22% | 63% |
| SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields | B− | 38% | 63% |
| Valley View Primary School | B− | 23% | 62% |
| Lord Blyton Primary School | B− | 43% | 62% |
| West Boldon Primary School | B− | 55% | 62% |
| Mortimer Primary School | B− | 14% | 61% |
| Hadrian Primary School | C+ | 26% | 59% |
| Bede Burn Primary School | C+ | 23% | 59% |
| Toner Avenue Primary School | C+ | 31% | 59% |
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South Shields | C+ | 8% | 59% |
| Marine Park Primary School | C− | 54% | 53% |
| Ridgeway Primary Academy | C− | 48% | 51% |
| Ashley Academy | C− | 41% | 49% |
| Monkton Academy | C− | 43% | 48% |
| Simonside Primary School | D | 53% | 39% |
| Hebburn Lakes Primary School | D− | 44% | 37% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025224 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, October 2023.
Living near St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in NE32 4, the school’s postcode sector
Jarrow property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in NE32 4 sell for a little under Jarrow’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
18 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Jarrow, NE32 4PJ
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow: common questions
Is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow a good school?
By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 66% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B+), with 68% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, October 2023.
How hard is it to get into St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow?
For September 2026, 27 families put St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow first and all of them were offered a place; 28 places were offered in all.
What is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (October 2023).
How much do houses cost near St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow?
Homes in its postcode sector, NE32 4, sold for a median £145,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (244 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Jarrow’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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