St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

GatesheadLocal Authority

Washington and Gateshead SouthConstituency

DH3 1LUPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–7, located in Gateshead, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 68 pupils. St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley is part of BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

71%

Asian

19%

Black

Mixed

Pupils

Total Pupils

43%Boys

57%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

16%

England average

27%

First language not English

25%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 7
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 68
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 22 October 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
8 Jun 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.