St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland

Academy converterPrimaryAges 3–11MixedRoman Catholic

Rutland Street, Sunderland, SR4 6HY

Headteacher · Mr Nicholas Conway

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 17 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils247Capacity 310

OfstedImproved significantlyInspected 15 January 2025

TrustBishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust

Free school meals10.8%

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Sunderland council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

30 of the 41 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered30

Applications69

First choice41

First-choice offers30

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).