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

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

St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield, sits in a tricky spot compared with the Gateshead average for primary schools. Its headline KS2 metric — the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — stands at 45%, well below the local authority average of 64%. That places the school 55th out of 66 primaries in Gateshead, firmly in the bottom half of the league table. The picture is more mixed when you look at individual subjects. Reading is a clear strength: 82% of pupils hit the expected standard and 45% reached the higher standard, both figures that would sit comfortably above the LA norm. Maths tells a different story, with only 45% reaching the expected level and 36% achieving the higher benchmark. Writing sits in between, with 73% at the expected standard but no pupils reaching the higher standard at all. So while the school clearly has pockets of strong performance, the combined headline figure suggests that consistency across all three subjects remains a challenge.

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