St Joseph's Catholic Academy

Primary Ages 3-11 285 pupils Stockton-On-Tees

St Joseph's Catholic Academy is an academy converter in Stockton-On-Tees for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 285 pupils on roll. In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Ragworth Road
Norton
Stockton-on-Tees
TS20 1HR
Phone 01642360401
Reference Number 146679

General Makeup

Number of pupils 285
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.42%
Girls: 51.58%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 13.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 25.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 10 15 25
2 16 18 34
3 19 21 40
4 15 21 36
5 20 16 36
6 19 20 39

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 88.1%
African 5.6%
White, Other 2.5%
White & Black (African) 1.1%
White & Asian 0.7%
Indian 0.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.4%
Asian, Other 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 23 May 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
23 May 2023 School inspection
08 Feb 2019 Academy conversion letter
09 Feb 2016 Full inspection:
Previously as St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Norton
28 Mar 2014 Interim assessment
18 May 2011 Full inspection:
08 Nov 2007 Full inspection:
06 May 2003 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 56%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 103
Maths 103

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 3.6
Writing 4.4
Maths 2.2

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 15 0
Third Preference 9 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Joseph's Catholic Academy had 251 pupils for 280 places. 29 places (10.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “North Stockton Primary” planning area

Stockton-on-Tees counted 523 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 517 in 2029–30, down 1%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 280280280280280280
Pupils 281273261261261251
Unfilled 0.0%2.5%6.8%6.8%6.8%10.4%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Academy attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.5%4.6%3.9%3.5%3.1%
Unauthorised absence 0.3%0.8%0.8%1.0%0.9%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Permanent exclusions 000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Joseph's Catholic Academy had 20.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.213.612.912.812.015.414.0
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%11.6%1.5%28.6%15.9%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –12.5%40.0%46.7%35.3%28.6%–
Sick days per teacher –0.52.54.04.60.4–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.7% of pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
No specialist assessment of need 11 0
Moderate learning difficulty 9 0
Social, emotional and mental health 9 0
Speech, language and communication needs 5 3
Hearing impairment 2 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 0
Physical disability 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Joseph's Catholic Academy received £5,830 and spent £5,859 for each of its 286 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £419,000 (£1,466 per pupil).

Across all 35 schools of Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust, income was £7,699 and spending £7,759 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £207,000£318,000£459,000£488,000£394,000£419,000
per pupil £699£1,074£1,647£1,744£1,493£1,466
In-year balance £118,000£120,000£195,000£19,000-£99,000-£8,000
per pupil £400£404£700£69-£374-£30

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Frederick Nattrass Primary Academy
Darlington Lane, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 1BZ
0.24 miles
The Glebe Primary School
Pulford Road, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 1QY
0.48 miles
Crooksbarn Primary School
Petrel Crescent, Crooksbarn Estate, Crooksbarn Primary School, Stockton-on-tees, TS20 1SN
0.5 miles
Norton Primary Academy
Berkshire Road, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 2RD
0.84 miles
St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
St John's Way, Ragworth, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0FB
0.86 miles
St Gregory's Catholic Academy
Ragpath Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 9AD
1.03 miles
Rosebrook Primary School
Rudyard Avenue, Roseworth, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 9LF
1.22 miles
Harrow Gate Academy
Piper Knowle Road, Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS19 8DE
1.24 miles
Billingham South Community Primary School
Belasis Avenue, Billingham, TS23 1BE
1.26 miles
The Oak Tree Academy
Newham Grange Avenue, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0SE
1.35 miles
Pentland Primary School
Pentland Avenue, Billingham, TS23 2RG
1.35 miles
Tilery Primary School
St Ann's Terrace, Portrack, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 2HU
1.36 miles
St Bede's Catholic Academy
Green Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside, TS19 0DW
1.37 miles
St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School
Cowpen Lane, Billingham, TS23 1LJ
1.39 miles
Whitehouse Primary School
Dunelm Road, Elm Tree, Whitehouse Primary School, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0TS
1.61 miles
Hardwick Green Primary Academy
Tithe Barn Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8WF
1.62 miles
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Academy
Rievaulx Avenue, Billingham, TS23 2BS
1.65 miles
Prior's Mill CofE Primary School
Clifton Avenue, Billingham, TS22 5BX
1.67 miles
Mill Lane Primary School
Wellington Street, Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside, TS18 1QX
1.7 miles
Roseberry Primary School
Marsh House Avenue, Billingham, TS23 2HJ
1.8 miles
Name Distance
Red House School
36 The Green, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 1DX
0.21 miles
King Edwin School
Mill Lane, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 1LG
0.42 miles
North Shore Academy
Talbot Street, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS20 2AY
1.05 miles
Kiora Hall
Ragpath Lane, Roseworth, Norton, Stockton on Tees, TS19 9JS
1.06 miles
Abbey Hill Academy
Ketton Road, Hardwick Estate, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8BU
1.28 miles
Elmbank Learning Centre
Viewly Hill Farm, Stockton on Tees, TS20 1PQ
1.33 miles
Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy
Bishopton Road West, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS19 0QH
1.82 miles
Northfield School and Sports College
Thames Road, Billingham, Teesside, TS22 5EG
1.85 miles
The Grangefield Academy
Oxbridge Avenue, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 4LE
1.95 miles
Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth
Harrowgate Lane, Bishopsgarth, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8TF
2.07 miles
The Education Training Collective
Harvard Avenue, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS17 6FB
2.07 miles
St Michael's Catholic Academy
Beamish Road, Billingham, TS23 3DX
2.41 miles
Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy
Fairfield Road, Fairfield, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 7AJ
2.48 miles
Hopefields Education CiC
Hopefields School, 16 High Force Road, Riverside Park, Middlesbrough, TS2 1RH
2.57 miles
Macmillan Academy
Stockton Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 4AG
2.67 miles
Fulcrum Education
Acklam Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 4EQ
2.97 miles
Hartwell School
Yarm Road, Stockton, TS18 3TN
3.02 miles
St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy
Baysdale Road, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside, TS17 9DE
3.38 miles
Thornaby Academy
Baysdale Road, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9DB
3.47 miles
Middlesbrough College
Middlehaven, Dock Street, Middlesbrough, TS2 1AD
3.58 miles

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St Joseph's Catholic Academy is part of Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust, which runs 35 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does St Joseph's Catholic Academy have?

St Joseph's Catholic Academy has 285 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Joseph's Catholic Academy cover?

St Joseph's Catholic Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Joseph's Catholic Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Joseph's Catholic Academy?

St Joseph's Catholic Academy is at Ragworth Road, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 1HR.

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