SCHOOL PROFILE

St Joseph's Catholic Middle School, Hexham: data, trends and context

St Joseph's Catholic Middle School, Hexham is a middle deemed secondary school in Northumberland. 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
148260
Phase
Middle deemed secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Northumberland
Region
North East
Trust
BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
Postcode
NE46 2DD
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
168
FSM eligible
19.0%
EAL / First language other than English
1.8%
SEND (total)
20.8%
SEN Support
17.3%
EHCP
3.6%
White British
92.9%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
95.1%
Overall absence
4.9%
Persistent absence
9.6%
Severe absence
0.00%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
NorthumberlandLocal authority91.0%9.0%3.5%
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
3.9%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
2.2%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

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 Middle School, Hexham is a middle deemed secondary school in Northumberland. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.