Community school · Secondary
Hebburn · NE31 2QU · South Tyneside
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.7 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 139878
St Joseph's Catholic Academy
Academy converter · Hebburn · NE31 2ET
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,377
Local authority
South Tyneside
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Hebburn, South Tyneside, 1,377 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 20.2%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 139878
Location
- Address
- Mill Lane
- Postcode
- NE31 2ET
- Town
- Hebburn
- County
- Tyne and Wear
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- District
- South Tyneside
- Constituency
- Jarrow and Gateshead East
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,377
- Boys / girls
- 716 / 661
- School capacity
- 1,490
- Capacity fill
- 1,377 / 1,490 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 20.2%
- FSM pupils
- 246
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
- Governance
- Academy trust: BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr James Crowe
- Telephone
- 01914282700
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-09-27
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 44.3
- Progress 8
- -0.3
- English & maths grade 5+
- 41%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 70%
- EBacc entry
- 48%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9