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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland

Sunderland, SR4 6HYPrimaryAges 3–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Jan 2025
KS2 Results
90%
meeting expected standard in RWM
First choices / offers
1.4×
More first choices than offers made
41 1st-choice / 30 offers made
Ranking
🏆Top 25%
#2433 of 13,686 nationally

About St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland is a state-funded primary school in Sunderland, North East, for pupils aged 3 to 11 for boys and girls. DfE data records 247 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 310.

The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Good (15 Jan 2025). 90% met the expected KS2 standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25. admissions data records 41 first-preference applications and 30 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.

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Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range3 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterRoman Catholic
AddressRutland Street, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR4 6HY
HeadteacherMr Nicholas Conway
Local AuthoritySunderland
Number of Pupils247
Free School Meals (FSM)9.7%
School Capacity247 / 310 (80% full)
Nursery ClassesYes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

15 Jan 2025
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Latest monitoring visit (15 Jan 2025): Improved significantly

Source: Ofsted, 18 Apr 2016. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Published SEND Data

AutismMental HealthSpeech & LanguagePhysicalLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education. Confirm current provision with the school's SENCO.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

08:45 – 15:20

Breakfast club

08:00-08:45

Source: stjosephssunderland.school. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This is the overall judgement recorded under the inspection framework in use on the inspection date. Read the report and date before comparing it with newer inspections.