St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley

Academy converter·Infant school Chester le Street, Gateshead·DH3 1LU

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

15 first choices, 15 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 15 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9520221.0620231.0020241.0020251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 66
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

27.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

27.3%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

24.2%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.1%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

15.4%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

18.9

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,955

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley Chester le Street · 0.5 mi 70.4 Birtley East Community Primary School Birtley · 0.5 mi 45.4 Portobello Primary School Chester le Street · 1.0 mi 57.8 Barley Mow Primary School Chester le Street · 1.1 mi 40.6 St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green Gateshead · 1.5 mi 64.6 Harlow Green Community Primary School Gateshead · 1.6 mi 47.4 Kibblesworth Academy Gateshead · 1.6 mi 60.2 St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton Gateshead · 1.9 mi 45.7

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley at a glance

Located in Chester le Street, Gateshead, St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 66 pupils aged 5 to 7.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley their first choice was offered one of its 15 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 18.9 pupils per teacher. St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley 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.