St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate at a glance

Located in Durham, County Durham, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate is a primary school, classified by the DfE as an academy converter with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 89 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 100% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 55.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 among the top 18% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate 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 further down the page.