St Joseph's Catholic Middle School, Hexham

State-Funded School

st-josephs-catholic-middle-school-hexham-northumberland-north-east

North EastRegion

NorthumberlandLocal Authority

HexhamConstituency

NE46 2DDPostcode

2.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Middle School, Hexham is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 9–13, located in Northumberland, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 168 pupils. St Joseph's Catholic Middle School, Hexham is part of BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 50%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

95%

Asian

<1%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

168

Total Pupils

58%Boys

42%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

19%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 9 – 13
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 168
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most 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.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 25 October 2023. 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
2 Mar 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.