St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blackhall

School overview

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blackhall is a primary school serving Hartlepool, County Durham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 65 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 85% 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 22.0 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 among the top 4% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 116 in reading and 111 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 23% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blackhall is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 13 first choices for 12 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 14.5 pupils per teacher. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blackhall 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.