SCHOOL PROFILE

St Joseph's Catholic Academy: data, trends and context

St Joseph's Catholic Academy is a secondary school in South Tyneside. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
139878
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
South Tyneside
Region
North East
Trust
BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
Postcode
NE31 2ET
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,377
FSM eligible
20.7%
EAL / First language other than English
3.2%
SEND (total)
18.3%
SEN Support
16.3%
EHCP
2.0%
White British
90.4%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.7%
Overall absence
9.3%
Persistent absence
25.4%
Severe absence
3.1%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
South TynesideLocal authority90.0%10.0%3.2%
North EastRegion90.7%9.3%4.3%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
15.0%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
6.0%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.74%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
45.5
English & maths grade 5+
41.1%
English & maths grade 4+
67.1%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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St Joseph's Catholic Academy is a secondary school in South Tyneside. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.