Primary
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield
Whinfield Way, Highfield, Rowlands Gill, NE39 2JE
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 81 of 105 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 8.3
- Pupils per adult
- 11.3
- Pupils
- 93
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected September 2023
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
80%
15 points above the Rowlands Gill average (65% across 4 schools)
108.0
2.7 above the Rowlands Gill average (105.3 across 4 schools)
1st of 4 by our score, among the primary schools in Rowlands Gill we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 105 |
| Average reading score | 108 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 80% |
| Working at a higher standard | 7% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 24% |
| 23/24 | 45% |
| 24/25 | 80% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 98.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
Whinfield Way, Highfield, Rowlands Gill, NE39 2JE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Gateshead admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Joanna Bircham
- Address
- Whinfield Way, Highfield, Rowlands Gill, NE39 2JE
- Telephone
- 01207545972