Community school · Primary
Rowlands Gill · NE39 2JE · Gateshead
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 108391
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield
Voluntary aided school · Rowlands Gill · NE39 2JE
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
81
Local authority
Gateshead
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Rowlands Gill, Gateshead, 81 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 30.9%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 108391
Location
- Address
- Whinfield Way, Highfield
- Postcode
- NE39 2JE
- Town
- Rowlands Gill
- County
- Tyne and Wear
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- District
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: 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
- 81
- Boys / girls
- 38 / 43
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 81 / 105 (77%)
- Free school meals
- 30.9%
- FSM pupils
- 25
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Joanna Bircham
- Telephone
- 01207545972
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
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-10-09
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 24%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 98.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0