St Joseph's Catholic Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 28 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
South Tyneside
Unique reference
139878
Address
Mill Lane, NE31 2ET

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1367 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
3.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.4%
Persistent absence
27.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.1%
Mixed 2.8%
Unclassified 1.6%
Other White 1%
Indian 1%
African 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.27
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 50%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.1
Local authority average 44.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.1
Local authority average 3.76
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award83
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award6
Health StudiesTechnical Award33
Sports StudiesTechnical Award34
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE52
BiologyGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE22
ChineseGCSE11
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Joseph's Catholic Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
249
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
273
2nd preference
110
3rd preference
30
From another Local Authority
132
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
245
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
63
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
263
139
124
Year 8
261
138
123
Year 9
220
117
103
Year 10
213
108
105
Year 11
223
106
117
Year 12
98
41
57
Year 13
89
34
55
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
76.6%
85.6%
Further education
36.0%
51.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
50.0%
24.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
7.2%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
10.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
73.0%
59.1%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
36.0%
22.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
5.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.6%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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