St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield

School overview

St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield is a primary school serving Rowlands Gill, Gateshead, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 82 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 80% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 35.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 26% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield their first choice was offered one of its 6 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 16.4 pupils per teacher. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.