Musgrave Street, Hartlepool, County Durham, TS24 7HT
10 reasons to choose St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool
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St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool has a Schoolsmith Score® of 67. It is one of the best state primary schools in Hartlepool and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 30 members of Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2014) inspection.
Average class size
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool has four mixed-age classes and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool achieves attainment results that are around the national average. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 11% of schools.
The St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. British Council’s International School Award for international learning activities. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in some sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.55am to 3.15pm though after school clubs can extend the day.
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